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> I find it somewhat offensive that I am lying and/or unprofessional about this. It's an extraordinary claim, which usually would require extraordinary proof.
by manarth 7mo ago
> I find it somewhat offensive that I am lying and/or unprofessional about this.
It's an extraordinary claim, which usually would require extraordinary proof.
I've also worked in UK healthcare, albeit in a patient-facing role rather than a back-office or technician role.
The whole process would raise so many questions.
> "You can easily misplace a notepad, but its hard to lose your labcoat"
Surely if notes were taken on a labcoat, these would then have to be copied into a more permanent form? As you've said, the coats are washed, which makes the coat a very short-term data-storage device.
I have a whole bunch of white t-shirts, and wear a white t-shirt pretty much every day. It's never once occurred to me to write an appointment-time, a phone number, or a shopping-list on my t-shirt.
- infinitewars 7mo agoI think it makes sense, notebooks are hard to sterilize.
- manarth 7mo ago> notebooks are hard to sterilize Washing / sterilizing the lab coat has the same effect as erasing the data written on it. There isn't a library of lab coats which contain notes written on them, for future consultation. A notepad page is also easier to permanently sterilize (via incineration) than a lab coat.
- infinitewars 7mo agoThe labcoat is a kind of L1 data cache.
- NicuCalcea 7mo agoThe commenter acknowledges this: "I was always impressed that the laundry managed to get them pristine white again." I think it's pretty clear they were taking ephemeral notes, not using them for long-term archiving.
- throwaway173738 7mo agoI don’t find it hard to believe. I’ve written tons of notes on my arms and hands when working product support. When I briefly framed houses we would do all our math and diagramming on lumber. Either studs in the wall or scraps from the floor. You write on whatever you have handy.