2009 House Bill 4012: Require certain health facilities to launder employee “scrubs”

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Introduced by Rep. Lesia Liss (D) on January 22, 2009, to prohibit hospital staff who are exposed to blood or other infectious material from laundering their surgical or work clothes at home, and require health care facilities to comply with protocols governing bloodborne infectious diseases.
- Referred to the House Health Policy Committee on January 22, 2009.

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1) Re: 2009 House Bill 4012 (Require certain health facilities to launder employee “scrubs” ) by bmlfam on April 23, 2009

It is a good idea. I am surprised it is not required already. I don't think I would work in a facility that made me launder my own!!

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2) Re: 2009 House Bill 4012 (Require certain health facilities to launder employee “scrubs” ) by studentnurse on April 17, 2009

I for one am surprised this is not already set in place for how many deadly diseases are transmitted through blood and other body fluids. As a nursing student and hopefully future nurse I would never bring home scrubs that are covered in blood, it could contaminate all my other clothes, my families clothes, and maybe even my family which could potenitally add to the spread of harmful diseases. Health facilities should definitally be required to launder employee "srubs" in these types of situations, if not launder, then replace the destroyed srubs they are not willing to launder.

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3) 2009 House Bill 4012 (Require certain health facilities to launder employee “scrubs” ) by admin on January 1, 2001
Introduced in the House on January 22, 2009

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