2,646 Comments for Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital

Bless you!

Maybe next holiday season you can remember to attach a nice big seasonal bow to the bags. ;-)

The problem isn't keeping them clean. It's keeping them from tipping over before we get to the ER. If I have a little warning, I give the patient a large red bag and let them barf away. Then I tie a knot in the top. Then when the ER staff wants to see the emesis I hand them the bag!

Bill, my friend, I pity you. What a mess! 8`-)

I was just looking back at one of the sites I referenced earlier:

http://www.scooterlink...&catagory_id=627

You'll notice that it says that the emesis basins they sell are "autoclavable." That's the autoclave that Motts shows in some of his other pix:

http://www.opacity.us/image270.htm
http://www.opacity.us/image562.htm
http://www.opacity.us/image731.htm
http://www.opacity.us/image1153.htm
http://www.opacity.us/image1690.htm
http://www.opacity.us/image1980.htm
http://www.opacity.us/image1983.htm
http://www.opacity.us/image2043.htm
http://www.opacity.us/image2208.htm
http://www.opacity.us/image2718.htm

The idea being that rather than having to replace your equipment after it is used, you can save money by purchasing items that can be sterilized and re-sterilized via an autoclave. Obviously, if your autoclave is not working well it cannot properly sterilize your equipment. The initial cost of the autoclaves, the fact that they use energy, the fact that you have to take time to sterilize the equipment (with its concomitant paperwork to assure you have done this correctly for infection control issues), etc., etc., sometimes makes it more economical to purchase plastic and paper items that can be easily thrown away when you are finished using them. And, of course, no one ever even thinks that their own personal shiny stainless steel sterile-looking emesis pan may have been used by someone else previously. ;-)

For some reason NYS Dept. of Health requires us to carry 6 of these onboard an ambulance. Imagine one 3/4 full as you're bouncing down a street in Yonkers! They really are a nemesis!

The plant looks healthy. As long as it has dirt, sunshine and moisture, it will grow.

I'ld be afraid to take my clothes off in there. LOL

Great shot!! If that was me, I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face. LOL

I'm surprised they still work. As the building has been abandoned, the juice should be cut off. The water seeping into the walls is gonna short everything out eventually.

I've never seen a wheelchair quite like this one. Must've been the luxury model

They look like they've been wet at some time, making them harder to read.

A pity.

I'm curious about those papers on the floor.

Reminds me of some of the beverage cans I dig up. In twenty years, the label will be gone.

If the lid to that bottle was metal (and most of them were) water has seeped through the top thinning out the blood.

Wanda, I oughts to hug you, 'cept people would assume that restraint was being involved. ;-)

Thanks Lynne, for that refreshing touch of reality. Don't the rest of you think about anything except tying people down??