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Here are a few questions for those patients of sleep centers.
Here are a few questions for those patients of sleep centers.
How important is the sleep techs appearance, such as clean shaven, hair clean and neat, and girl’s hair pulled back, uniform and lab coat clean and pressed.
Do you prefer rooms to be more like a bedroom at home or have more of a clinical feel?
If male do you prefer male techs?
If female do you prefer female techs?
How important is the sleep techs appearance, such as clean shaven, hair clean and neat, and girl’s hair pulled back, uniform and lab coat clean and pressed.
Do you prefer rooms to be more like a bedroom at home or have more of a clinical feel?
If male do you prefer male techs?
If female do you prefer female techs?
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Permalink Reply by sleepycarol on
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For the professionals out there --
I know that when I had my titration study it was at a satellite clinic in a nearby town about 30 miles away. The town is a tourist magnet due to its location near a large lake. The town is hilly and so some of the local businesses have an upper floor and a lower floor with both having access from street level. One side will be facing the street level and reverse side will be opposite (if that makes sense). The lab was in the lower level of a building that has businesses on the upper floor that are open during the day. There are cameras that monitor the parking area and one is focused on the entrance. You can see the monitors once inside the building due to the layout of the lab.
I had a female tech, she was working alone that night. That particular night I was the only one on her schedule, yet another patient showed up near the end of her hooking me up. She went to the door and came back and called the main lab and they instructed her to go ahead and fit him in since there was room. (Unsure of all the details of why she wasn't aware of his coming).
If you were a female tech, what procedures are followed to ensure that they are protected and that they feel safe in this type of environment?
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Jackson on
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Tech's appearance should be clean and neat. Both of the sleep techs I experienced were casually dressed and, somehow, I think this made me feel more comfortable
The rooms were like an inexpensive hotel room and a clinical feel wouldn't have been as conducive to sleep.
I'm a female. I had a male tech first and he was very gentle so I can't say I actually have a preference.
If only the other clinician's of the hospital were as competent as the techs!
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I have been thru 2 sleep studies in a lab. I do like a more home-like atmosphere. More like home the better. The center that I went to had Murphy beds, office during the day.
Techs of course, need to be neat and clean, not necessarily clean shaven, except if they are female! I had a male tech each time, not a problem for me.
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I have had two different experiences in the sleep lab. One visit I found out I was the only one having a sleep study that evening, and I had a male tech. It made me very uncomfortable. Everything was fine, but it weirded me out,
I feel more comfortable with a female tech or knowing that there are other people around. I do think a professional and clean appearance is important as well. A sleep tech that looks like they haven't slept in days does not inspire too much confidence.
Personally I think I prefer the room to feel more like a bedroom, but for me the most important thing to having a successful sleep study is feeling as comfortable as possible with my surroundings and the tech.
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Permalink Reply by dave foster on
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As a sleep study patient, i could care less about the gender of my tech; i want competence and careing. As far as dress is concerned, who cares? Clean hands, care and prof attitude, works for me.Of course if the female techs wore cocktail dresses and handed out beers, well that would be fine too !
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Thanks for the chuckle at this early hour............Claudette
dave foster said:As a sleep study patient, i could care less about the gender of my tech; i want competence and careing. As far as dress is concerned, who cares? Clean hands, care and prof attitude, works for me.Of course if the female techs wore cocktail dresses and handed out beers, well that would be fine too !
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As long as the sleep techs appearance is clean, it does not matter to me if they wear a scrubs or regular clothing. A lab coat is probably helpful, just from the work perspective. I think the appearance of the bedroom helps one sleep better. I am a female and have had both male and female techs, as I have had numerous sleep studies. Currently I request the man that also works at my supply store, just because once you deal with someone, you feel more personal. I think older patients woman prefer woman and such.... just email me if you have any further questions
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I agree with you !! Except no cocktail dresses for me, and hey that may interfere with your sleep !! lol
dave foster said:As a sleep study patient, i could care less about the gender of my tech; i want competence and careing. As far as dress is concerned, who cares? Clean hands, care and prof attitude, works for me.Of course if the female techs wore cocktail dresses and handed out beers, well that would be fine too !
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I've had both female and one male tech. Now - if that male tech had been built like Mark Spitz in his heyday ..... he could have worn his bikini and I wouldn't have wasted my time sleeping!!! Yesssssssssss!
Sometimes when we'd be watching TV together and an exceptionally good looking, well-built actress like Sophia Loren, Raquel Welch, etc. would be on screen, hubby would say "sigh, I'd sure like to do it to her again and make it an even once".
Then along came Mark Spitz and his seven gold medals. Drool! So for Christmas that year one of my girlfriends, aware of hubby's comment, bought me a life-size poster of Mark Spitz in his bikini w/his 7 gold medals on his chest. Drool! Hubby wasn't there when she gave me the poster. So I taped it to the ceiling above my side of the bed that night.
I found ole Mark and his bikini and gold medals rolled up in a corner of the closet just last week! Dang! He can STILL raise the ole pulse rate! I "ain't" dead yet!
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Permalink Reply by Yorkieman on
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Hey sleepcarol, How bout them COLTS!!!!! 16-0??????
sleepycarol said:For the professionals out there --
I know that when I had my titration study it was at a satellite clinic in a nearby town about 30 miles away. The town is a tourist magnet due to its location near a large lake. The town is hilly and so some of the local businesses have an upper floor and a lower floor with both having access from street level. One side will be facing the street level and reverse side will be opposite (if that makes sense). The lab was in the lower level of a building that has businesses on the upper floor that are open during the day. There are cameras that monitor the parking area and one is focused on the entrance. You can see the monitors once inside the building due to the layout of the lab.
I had a female tech, she was working alone that night. That particular night I was the only one on her schedule, yet another patient showed up near the end of her hooking me up. She went to the door and came back and called the main lab and they instructed her to go ahead and fit him in since there was room. (Unsure of all the details of why she wasn't aware of his coming).
If you were a female tech, what procedures are followed to ensure that they are protected and that they feel safe in this type of environment?
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Permalink Reply by Banyon on
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Don't forget safe showers.
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"The sleep center is brand spanking new....it has the state of the art equipment and every about the building is new....Well I had slept all night and felt great....time for me to brush my teeth, shave and take a shower....So I am taking my shower relatively uneventful...I shut the nozzle down..I proceed to step out of the stall to get the towel...and I figure so as not to drip on the floor I step back into the stall. Well the brand freaking new stall is also evidently freaking slippery....I slipped my feet went out from under me and I hit the floor and as I went to pick myself up I slipped again....Now besides being freaking dirty again and in need of a shower...my towel is soaked....My hand hit the something on the way down and tore a good chunk of tissue lose from my hand....I am embarressed as hell....and now I have to hit the emergency alarm to get the tech to get me another towel....it was not a pretty sight....But it was funny as hell.....I had the stall fixed that morning I would not want some one to hurt themself....but it was funny..."
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Gads, we were just shopping to remodel a bathroom and every shower floor and stall we looked at had dimpled flooring to prevent such accidents IN the shower - but, you're right, we never stopped to think about the flooring and how slippery wet tile or linoleum can be. Yet I HATE carpeting. Tile, linoleum and hardwood floors are so much easier to keep clean and to FEEL clean as well as smell clean. Carpeting does do great for reducing sound and it is warmer. But I'm the lazy type. I'm not wild about shoving a vacumn cleaner around - and if you ever once take a look at the stained padding and the dirt that is under that carpet when you pull it up to replace it - YECH!!!! BLECH!!!! I think of it every time I stay in a motel. SHUDDER!
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