Medicine has an Apoplexy

The Scrub Techs Rebel

"Dr Strange." The Chief of the Neurosurgery Department stalked into Stephen's office without knocking. "I need to talk to you."

"Not now, I ha-"

"No. Now." She dropped a thick file onto his desk.

"I'm not interested in taking another patie-"

"This is not a patient."

He paused, unsure. "Then?"

"Complaints. About you."

Stephen scoffed. This was nothing new. Why did she even care? "If this is about 54-"

"Complaints," she continued, "from the scrubs techs." She flipped the file open and turned it to him.

"Here," she jabbed her finger on the papers. "October 11, Dr Strange broke sterile field. Again. Today, he scrubbed and then put his mask on. Do you see how this is incorrect? You CANNOT scrub, be sterile,and then touch something unsterile like your mask! A third-year medical student knows this!"

Stephen started to say something, but she continued. "October 20, Dr Strange did not scrub correctly and does he know how to dry his hands? He used the sterile cloth wrong. He also seems quite insistent about gowning and gloving without the aid of a scrub tech

"November 1st, Dr Strange walked into the OR without a mask. The sterile field was already set. We had to redo it. This is the third time this week he's done this.

"November 20 - Do I need to continue?" she asked sharply. Stephen was silent. "So, until further notice, your cases are canceled until the scrub techs feel that you are able to maintain the sterile field. This hospital cannot afford to pay for the cost and time to redo the sterile fields because of you, and frankly, the ID docs all hate you."

"But-"

"Learn. Sterile. Technique, Dr Strange. Learn it. Live by it. Meditate in your sterility. You may be a fantastic neurosurgeon - one of the best here - but this is absolutely unacceptable." Her phone dinged and she looked at it. "Shit, the meeting. I will have to talk to you later about 544," she growled as she rushed out of the room, and like a whirlwind, she was gone.

This… This may have bothered me a little during the movie. I may continue this - I have a few more gripes about the medicine in this movie.

ID = Infectious Disease