Cf Patients and Communal Showers in Hospitals???

[lalew87]

So basically I have a boyfriend who has CF and the respiratory floor contains private showers. However, due to politics the hospital wants to move the entire respiratory floor to a different floor that have only a couple showers that are communal for the entire floor. My question is the sterility of communal showers and is it safe for CF patients??? Should everyone have their own shower and what about the patients who have B. Cepatia???

Much Thanks,
Kayla

 

[lalew87]

So basically I have a boyfriend who has CF and the respiratory floor contains private showers. However, due to politics the hospital wants to move the entire respiratory floor to a different floor that have only a couple showers that are communal for the entire floor. My question is the sterility of communal showers and is it safe for CF patients??? Should everyone have their own shower and what about the patients who have B. Cepatia???

Much Thanks,
Kayla

 

[lalew87]

So basically I have a boyfriend who has CF and the respiratory floor contains private showers. However, due to politics the hospital wants to move the entire respiratory floor to a different floor that have only a couple showers that are communal for the entire floor. My question is the sterility of communal showers and is it safe for CF patients??? Should everyone have their own shower and what about the patients who have B. Cepatia???

Much Thanks,
Kayla

 

[lalew87]

So basically I have a boyfriend who has CF and the respiratory floor contains private showers. However, due to politics the hospital wants to move the entire respiratory floor to a different floor that have only a couple showers that are communal for the entire floor. My question is the sterility of communal showers and is it safe for CF patients??? Should everyone have their own shower and what about the patients who have B. Cepatia???

Much Thanks,
Kayla

 

[lalew87]

So basically I have a boyfriend who has CF and the respiratory floor contains private showers. However, due to politics the hospital wants to move the entire respiratory floor to a different floor that have only a couple showers that are communal for the entire floor. My question is the sterility of communal showers and is it safe for CF patients??? Should everyone have their own shower and what about the patients who have B. Cepatia???
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<br />Much Thanks,
<br />Kayla

 

[Diane]

Hi Kayla,
For me personally i always have a private shower when i am in the hospital and i wont even use that. I have cepacia and i have no idea how i got while in the hospital but that is where i got it. I did shower while in there and then read ( after i found out i had cepacia ) that b.cepacia can live and thrive in moist places, what is more moist than a shower? It also can live in dry places, so either way i wont ever take a shower in a hospital at all. I'd rather clean myself sink side with a washcloth and soap so i am not inhaling any steam ( and bacteria) that lives in the shower. Having cepacia makes me more at risk now to catch other bugs i do not have and in my opinion the shower is the easiest place to pick them up because you inhale the steam of the shower and who knows what bacteria. The one time i was hospitalized fpr 2 weeks and although housekeeping staff did clean the bathroom they never once touched the shower....EWWWWWWW
If i were your boyfriend i would not use a communal shower esp. if other cf patients use it.

 

[Diane]

Hi Kayla,
For me personally i always have a private shower when i am in the hospital and i wont even use that. I have cepacia and i have no idea how i got while in the hospital but that is where i got it. I did shower while in there and then read ( after i found out i had cepacia ) that b.cepacia can live and thrive in moist places, what is more moist than a shower? It also can live in dry places, so either way i wont ever take a shower in a hospital at all. I'd rather clean myself sink side with a washcloth and soap so i am not inhaling any steam ( and bacteria) that lives in the shower. Having cepacia makes me more at risk now to catch other bugs i do not have and in my opinion the shower is the easiest place to pick them up because you inhale the steam of the shower and who knows what bacteria. The one time i was hospitalized fpr 2 weeks and although housekeeping staff did clean the bathroom they never once touched the shower....EWWWWWWW
If i were your boyfriend i would not use a communal shower esp. if other cf patients use it.

 

[Diane]

Hi Kayla,
For me personally i always have a private shower when i am in the hospital and i wont even use that. I have cepacia and i have no idea how i got while in the hospital but that is where i got it. I did shower while in there and then read ( after i found out i had cepacia ) that b.cepacia can live and thrive in moist places, what is more moist than a shower? It also can live in dry places, so either way i wont ever take a shower in a hospital at all. I'd rather clean myself sink side with a washcloth and soap so i am not inhaling any steam ( and bacteria) that lives in the shower. Having cepacia makes me more at risk now to catch other bugs i do not have and in my opinion the shower is the easiest place to pick them up because you inhale the steam of the shower and who knows what bacteria. The one time i was hospitalized fpr 2 weeks and although housekeeping staff did clean the bathroom they never once touched the shower....EWWWWWWW
If i were your boyfriend i would not use a communal shower esp. if other cf patients use it.

 

[Diane]

Hi Kayla,
For me personally i always have a private shower when i am in the hospital and i wont even use that. I have cepacia and i have no idea how i got while in the hospital but that is where i got it. I did shower while in there and then read ( after i found out i had cepacia ) that b.cepacia can live and thrive in moist places, what is more moist than a shower? It also can live in dry places, so either way i wont ever take a shower in a hospital at all. I'd rather clean myself sink side with a washcloth and soap so i am not inhaling any steam ( and bacteria) that lives in the shower. Having cepacia makes me more at risk now to catch other bugs i do not have and in my opinion the shower is the easiest place to pick them up because you inhale the steam of the shower and who knows what bacteria. The one time i was hospitalized fpr 2 weeks and although housekeeping staff did clean the bathroom they never once touched the shower....EWWWWWWW
If i were your boyfriend i would not use a communal shower esp. if other cf patients use it.

 

[Diane]

Hi Kayla,
<br /> For me personally i always have a private shower when i am in the hospital and i wont even use that. I have cepacia and i have no idea how i got while in the hospital but that is where i got it. I did shower while in there and then read ( after i found out i had cepacia ) that b.cepacia can live and thrive in moist places, what is more moist than a shower? It also can live in dry places, so either way i wont ever take a shower in a hospital at all. I'd rather clean myself sink side with a washcloth and soap so i am not inhaling any steam ( and bacteria) that lives in the shower. Having cepacia makes me more at risk now to catch other bugs i do not have and in my opinion the shower is the easiest place to pick them up because you inhale the steam of the shower and who knows what bacteria. The one time i was hospitalized fpr 2 weeks and although housekeeping staff did clean the bathroom they never once touched the shower....EWWWWWWW
<br />If i were your boyfriend i would not use a communal shower esp. if other cf patients use it.

 

[Landy]

I can't stand to not wash my hair, so I wipe everything down with alcohol preps or wipes I bring from home before I shower.
Also, I suppose you could get a luke-warm shower to prevent the steaming? I had never thought of that angle...thanks, Diane--one more thing I need to be paranoid about<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">LOL

 

[Landy]

I can't stand to not wash my hair, so I wipe everything down with alcohol preps or wipes I bring from home before I shower.
Also, I suppose you could get a luke-warm shower to prevent the steaming? I had never thought of that angle...thanks, Diane--one more thing I need to be paranoid about<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">LOL

 

[Landy]

I can't stand to not wash my hair, so I wipe everything down with alcohol preps or wipes I bring from home before I shower.
Also, I suppose you could get a luke-warm shower to prevent the steaming? I had never thought of that angle...thanks, Diane--one more thing I need to be paranoid about<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">LOL

 

[Landy]

I can't stand to not wash my hair, so I wipe everything down with alcohol preps or wipes I bring from home before I shower.
Also, I suppose you could get a luke-warm shower to prevent the steaming? I had never thought of that angle...thanks, Diane--one more thing I need to be paranoid about<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">LOL

 

[Landy]

I can't stand to not wash my hair, so I wipe everything down with alcohol preps or wipes I bring from home before I shower.
<br />Also, I suppose you could get a luke-warm shower to prevent the steaming? I had never thought of that angle...thanks, Diane--one more thing I need to be paranoid about<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif" border="0">LOL

 

[KrazyKat]

Eh gad..........when i go into hospital there is only one room with it's own bathroom/shower and that is always taken by a guy with CF who practically lives in the hospital. I am 'supposed' to therefore use the ONE communal shower which is used by all thirty or so patients in the ward. And the really funny part is, that when i dare to mention 'cross infection' protocols to my nurse or doctor, i get told in a very brisk tone, that they are very 'compliant'. Yeah right!!!! Needless too say, no matter how bad i'm feeling, i drag my sick ass home and shower there every second day and just use the in-room basin for a quick wash on the in between day. Seriously, we have absolute crap cross infection policies over here and it scares me, but when i bring it up, i can see them labelling me 'difficult' straight away. Wonder if they'd feel differently if it was them or their child with CF and in the sub-standard hospitals?

 

[KrazyKat]

Eh gad..........when i go into hospital there is only one room with it's own bathroom/shower and that is always taken by a guy with CF who practically lives in the hospital. I am 'supposed' to therefore use the ONE communal shower which is used by all thirty or so patients in the ward. And the really funny part is, that when i dare to mention 'cross infection' protocols to my nurse or doctor, i get told in a very brisk tone, that they are very 'compliant'. Yeah right!!!! Needless too say, no matter how bad i'm feeling, i drag my sick ass home and shower there every second day and just use the in-room basin for a quick wash on the in between day. Seriously, we have absolute crap cross infection policies over here and it scares me, but when i bring it up, i can see them labelling me 'difficult' straight away. Wonder if they'd feel differently if it was them or their child with CF and in the sub-standard hospitals?

 

[KrazyKat]

Eh gad..........when i go into hospital there is only one room with it's own bathroom/shower and that is always taken by a guy with CF who practically lives in the hospital. I am 'supposed' to therefore use the ONE communal shower which is used by all thirty or so patients in the ward. And the really funny part is, that when i dare to mention 'cross infection' protocols to my nurse or doctor, i get told in a very brisk tone, that they are very 'compliant'. Yeah right!!!! Needless too say, no matter how bad i'm feeling, i drag my sick ass home and shower there every second day and just use the in-room basin for a quick wash on the in between day. Seriously, we have absolute crap cross infection policies over here and it scares me, but when i bring it up, i can see them labelling me 'difficult' straight away. Wonder if they'd feel differently if it was them or their child with CF and in the sub-standard hospitals?

 

[KrazyKat]

Eh gad..........when i go into hospital there is only one room with it's own bathroom/shower and that is always taken by a guy with CF who practically lives in the hospital. I am 'supposed' to therefore use the ONE communal shower which is used by all thirty or so patients in the ward. And the really funny part is, that when i dare to mention 'cross infection' protocols to my nurse or doctor, i get told in a very brisk tone, that they are very 'compliant'. Yeah right!!!! Needless too say, no matter how bad i'm feeling, i drag my sick ass home and shower there every second day and just use the in-room basin for a quick wash on the in between day. Seriously, we have absolute crap cross infection policies over here and it scares me, but when i bring it up, i can see them labelling me 'difficult' straight away. Wonder if they'd feel differently if it was them or their child with CF and in the sub-standard hospitals?

 

[KrazyKat]

Eh gad..........when i go into hospital there is only one room with it's own bathroom/shower and that is always taken by a guy with CF who practically lives in the hospital. I am 'supposed' to therefore use the ONE communal shower which is used by all thirty or so patients in the ward. And the really funny part is, that when i dare to mention 'cross infection' protocols to my nurse or doctor, i get told in a very brisk tone, that they are very 'compliant'. Yeah right!!!! Needless too say, no matter how bad i'm feeling, i drag my sick ass home and shower there every second day and just use the in-room basin for a quick wash on the in between day. Seriously, we have absolute crap cross infection policies over here and it scares me, but when i bring it up, i can see them labelling me 'difficult' straight away. Wonder if they'd feel differently if it was them or their child with CF and in the sub-standard hospitals?