THE pace of change can sometimes run ahead of common sense.
THE pace of change can sometimes run ahead of common sense.
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I was interested to read that doctors are no longer allowed to wear wrist watches in the wards of the hospital I used to work in ("Hospital doctors breached hygiene rules", The Herald, January 10). I assume that if doctors wish to measure a patient's pulse rate they now have to use their mobile phone.
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Time to apply common sense to ward hygiene rule
THE pace of change can sometimes run ahead of common sense.
I was interested to read that doctors are no longer allowed to wear wrist watches in the wards of the hospital I used to work in ("Hospital doctors breached hygiene rules", The Herald, January 10). I assume that if doctors wish to measure a patient's pulse rate they now have to use their mobile phone.
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