Re: Fingernails?
From: Laura (sweetiepie42055423@yahoo.com)
Tue Sep 10 00:50:49 2002
At Mon, 9 Sep 2002, RNURSERAS@aol.com wrote:
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>You do need to remove your nails. They have have found that bacteria tends to
>hide under artificial nails. Most hospitals have banned nurses from wearing
>them. All this was discovered when newborn babies began to get sick and die
>at a particular hospital and they traced the bacteria back to artificial
>nails. You don't need to take any chances of an infection when you have your
>surgery. Good luck and I will be praying for you.
>Raven Spurlin
Ugh now I don't know what to do. I guess I will call my Gyno and ask
them. I certinaly don't want to get an infection. Thank you for your
prayer's and the info. Laura