We started (over 5 years ago) wearing street clothes and a lab coat. I even got my lab coat embroidered with my name and IBCLC (after several attempts-first time they put it as Ibclc like it was a strange name or something!). We later decided to wear the same scrubs that all personel (except docs making rounds) working on OB wear. I continued to also wear my personal lab coat until I spilled stuff on it that wouldn't wash out. Now they have changed the guidelines and everyone except those that might have to go into the OR must purchase their own clothing and if scrubs, it can't be the same as OB scrubs. This means all the OB nurses (even post-partum since they might be "baby nurse" for a C/S), NEs and techs can continue to wear the hospital-provided OB scrubs. We had a choice of wearing street clothes, the same scrubs or whatever that the rest of the Women's Health Department (all outpatient) or scrubs we choose and buy ourselves. We are choosing scrubs and scrub jackets and have to have them "in place" by September first. On another note regarding infection control - artificial nails have been banned since July at our hospital for all personnel who have any kind of patient contact because of the great potential for them to be a source of infection. Winnie *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html