I admit at the outset that the design of such head gear is not mine, but the idea to use it as a surgical cap and mask is definitely is mine.
I had originally seen this in bandit movies, where the bandits covered their heads and faces with such head gear - a big piece of cloth wound all around their heads and faces, leaving slits in front for the eyes. That must have been to maintain their privacy for security reasons. The last year or two saw girls riding bikes, wearing such head gears. I thought that was to keep their faces from tanning or rather getting sun burnt. Perhaps they thought that would convince the traffic cops that they had safety helmets on. In the last year, pedestrian girls started going about in such head gear. There was speculation in media about the purpose. Perhaps it was to protect the facial skin from the sun. Perhaps it was to prevent guys from knowing who they were, so that they would not sexually harass them. Perhaps some of them did not want people who knew them or were related to them identify them wherever they went. Perhaps it was a fashion statement - adopted from some movie starring a famous heroine.
That got me thinking. Some of our women surgeons and anesthetists do not wear caps and masks in operation theaters in the evenings and nights (when the bosses are home), at least effectively, possibly because they do not like the design. So if we allowed such head gear in operation theaters, they would wear it and surgical infection rates would go down. The long hair of women and some of the men would be more effectively covered too, which conventional surgical caps often fail to do. If any of them want to adopt such head gear as surgical cap and mask, I will strongly recommend it.
I had originally seen this in bandit movies, where the bandits covered their heads and faces with such head gear - a big piece of cloth wound all around their heads and faces, leaving slits in front for the eyes. That must have been to maintain their privacy for security reasons. The last year or two saw girls riding bikes, wearing such head gears. I thought that was to keep their faces from tanning or rather getting sun burnt. Perhaps they thought that would convince the traffic cops that they had safety helmets on. In the last year, pedestrian girls started going about in such head gear. There was speculation in media about the purpose. Perhaps it was to protect the facial skin from the sun. Perhaps it was to prevent guys from knowing who they were, so that they would not sexually harass them. Perhaps some of them did not want people who knew them or were related to them identify them wherever they went. Perhaps it was a fashion statement - adopted from some movie starring a famous heroine.
That got me thinking. Some of our women surgeons and anesthetists do not wear caps and masks in operation theaters in the evenings and nights (when the bosses are home), at least effectively, possibly because they do not like the design. So if we allowed such head gear in operation theaters, they would wear it and surgical infection rates would go down. The long hair of women and some of the men would be more effectively covered too, which conventional surgical caps often fail to do. If any of them want to adopt such head gear as surgical cap and mask, I will strongly recommend it.
