Dear Colleagues,
Is it now acceptable for CS personnel to come to work in their scrubs, which is intended to be worn in CS covered only with a jacket? (I've observed long and short jackets worn) Or is the requirement still to come to work and then change completely into a clean set of scrubs in a designated area prior to entry into CS?

Hi Marsha

Personnel engaged in the compounding processing, packaging and holding sterile products has to wear clean clothing (dress, head covers, shoes) appropriate for the duties they perform. Clean clothing means staff has to change into their clean room dresses within the CSD changing room.
Staff leaving a designated clean room area, going to non-designated areas such as the cafeteria or wards they have to change back into the hospital or unit uniform.
Why this Policy? To ensure that CSD provides an environment that promotes the cleanest possible condition for reprocessing sterile supplies. Scrubs dresses worn outside CSD, anywhere in the hospital, can collect all kind of organic and anorganic matters resulting in spraying them all over in the cleaning room, contaminating everything from the working places to instruments ect. adding avoidable bioburden.
I can only underline your last sentence; yes it still is the requirement to come to work and then change completely into a clean set of scrubs in a designated area prior to entry the clean room of CSD.

Kind regards
Josy Holdener