Cardboard nurses tell you to wash your hands at hospitals
Published Date:
21 May 2008
By John Lavery
LIFESIZE talking cardboard nurses who tell people to wash their hands are being placed at the entrances of hospital wards in Lincolnshire.
The new cut-out nurses contain a recorded message in an electronic voicebox, which is activated by movement as people walk past.
This message asks people to clean their hands on arrival and before leaving the wards and is part of a drive to improve cleanliness and tackle infections at hospitals across the county.
The nurses will be placed at ward entrances at Lincoln County Hospital, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, Grantham and District Hospital and Louth County Hospital over the next few weeks.
They have been supplied to the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust by NHS East Midlands.
l What do you think of the idea of ‘cardboard nurses? What other applications could there be for cardboard figures - cardboard police officers on the streets perhaps? Let us know your thoughts. Email john.lavery@jpress.co.uk or text to 81800, starting your message with SLEANEWS and including your name and address (full terms and conditions on page 2).
The full article contains 189 words and appears in Sleaford Standard newspaper.
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Last Updated:
15 May 2008 11:04 AM
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Source:
Sleaford Standard
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Location:
Sleaford
