Something I noticed

I saw a new trend that worries me. All the nurses that I saw in the hospital were using Purell on their hands instead of a good old fashioned hand washing.

I didn't see them use the sink and a couple of times I noticed them rubbing their hands as if they were putting on lotion. I even mentioned to one that she must use a lot of lotion due to washing her hands all the time.

Later, when I realized that each and every room had Purell dispensers on the wall, the lotion thing clicked. It was not lotion at all. It was Purell.

I should buy some stock in the company that owns it. But, I am not happy to see nurses or anybody else substitute soap and water with rubbing on an antibacterial product.

In other news...I was asked tonight why I call plastic bags, baggies. Funny thing is I never thought about it before. I explained that when plastic bags were first introduced, the brand was called Baggies. I guess it stuck. Just like all zipper type bags are called Ziploc Bags. Ordinarily, I call things by what they are and not by brand names. Maybe Bandaids is an exception. But Kleenex is called tissue. And spa is called spa, not Jacuzzi. I suppose petroleum jelly is still Vaseline. I actually call pain relievers by their ingredients, like acetaminophen, because I rarely buy the real Tylenol. Ibuprophen, because I rarely by Advil or Motrin. Q-tips, are cotton swabs...Coke is soda pop. So is Pepsi.
You get the drift.