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Can female doctors have long fingernails?


can female doctors have long fingernails? i mean is it allowed in the hospital? my aunt is a doctor and she is very fond of long fingernails and spends a lot on artificial nails. but she always complains of the rules and restrictions in the hospital where she works. doctors there are not allowed to have artificial nails. what is the actual reason for this? is it the surgical gloves get damaged from long nails or some other reason?

Depends what your aunt is doing. If a doctor is in actually physical contact they could gouge you and also bacteria would love to take up residence under long nail. It is was easier to keep hands washed with short nails then with long.
Easier to wear gloves with short nail then long.
Not very professional looking.
Also if she has on Nail polish , nail polish often contain lead which if it gets into a wound it could fester and cause way more harm then good.

Apart from the fact that long nails can actually hurt a patient you're examining, false nails harbor bacteria and germs, and would cause wound infections. Yes, also, the long nails would puncture surgical gloves.

ok, and seriously?...what if one fell off. Where would it go? Yuk!

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