It's funny - all the nurses wear sweatshirts, yet they expect the sick patients to be content in a open-assed nightgown.
2006-10-05 21:21:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I think it is b/c all the machines work better in the cold air, plus, germs don't breed as easily in cold air.
That is just my guess.
Yes, hospitals are chilly.
I always liked when they brought me the heated blankets!
2006-10-05 21:23:32 · answer #1 · answered by J.Z. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are quite a few people who have answered correctly so far, those being : it is colder to prevent bacteria from breeding as rapidly as they do in a warm, moist(think humid) environment, to keep the patients nice and toasty under the covers IN BED, and in the case of Surgery, where it is always FREEZING....for the comfort of the Surgeons and Scrub techs. Yes, you heard right, it is for the doctors' benefit, not the patients....but if you have ever seen a TV show where the doc's are all gowned up, then you know that they not only have on their scrub uniform, but sometimes 10 pounds of lead for x-rays AND the gown on....so if they were to start to sweat, that could potentially contaminate the person being operated on--hence the colder temps. Luckily they use warming blankets on the patient :)
2006-10-06 22:19:03 · answer #2 · answered by alysia_82_2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did not know either, and I hate the cold hiney covers too!
I had to look it up:
A: Hospitals are cold to discourage germs.
"The main reason hospitals are kept cold is that bacterial and germs tend to flourish more in warmer temperatures," says Lori Harris of the Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The temperature in the Desert Springs Hospital emergency and operating rooms is a brisk 68 degrees F (20 degrees C), whereas the lobby is a toastier 72 (22 degrees C).
2006-10-06 04:24:52 · answer #3 · answered by SweetPea 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I work in a hospital and ill tell you why its cold. If a patient has an open but night gown and its cold outside his/her cover what would you do. Stay in bed That's right. patients need to stay in there bed so they don't fall and so they can rest and get better. also, the germs don't spread in cold air as well.
2006-10-06 04:32:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think hospitals are cold because of the machines they operate and if it was too hot then the machines break down. My mum works in a call centre and it's the same there, the temperature is always lower to cater for the amount of computers in the room.
2006-10-06 04:24:00 · answer #5 · answered by Butterflies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The temparature of out side is more than the temp inside the hospital which is controled by the settings of the AC in the hospital.
Therefore when you go from outside in to the hospital you feel cold.
2006-10-06 04:27:27 · answer #6 · answered by SKG R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been told by hospital staff that germs do not grow as fast in a cool environment, thus, the cold hospital. Ask for more blankets.
(That also is the explanation I got for the cold greyhound bus and for cold airplanes.)
2006-10-06 04:25:28 · answer #7 · answered by wbecca52 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heating increases visitors. It encourages patients to remove their quilts and move from beds. This spreads infection.
2006-10-06 04:58:16 · answer #8 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the machines they have there. And the patients, who normally stay in bed, should use blankets.
2006-10-06 15:11:57 · answer #9 · answered by Verbena 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bacteria thrive in warm conditions.. the air is kept cold to prevent this
2006-10-06 04:25:26 · answer #10 · answered by nremtmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋