To expect health care professionals, workers, etc. to not wear scents

[Bimbop5]

I don't understand why in this day and age that health care workers, meaning doctors, nurses, care aids, etc need to be told not to wear scents? They should know not to wear them due to asthma, sinusitis, multiple chemical sensitivity, etc, etc. And yet where I work they have to continually talk to these people and explain you cannot wear perfume or any scented products at work. It's ridiculous. People have to turn their care aids away due to them wearing scents and in turn are left trying to care for themselves when they are sick. It's nuts! It reminds me how smoking used to be allowed in hospitals and remember what the fight it was to finally ban this. I hope in my lifetime people will learn how much this hurts people with illness and allergies. I'm only 41 but man, we have so much to learn in society. People have a right to have clean air.

expatinscotland, no I'm still here but to continue explaining is pointless. UK does it differently. Whose to say whose the more forward thinking. It's interesting the differences. I'm not angry at all. I'm not saying if you don't do it our way you don't care about people. Good Grief. People asked questions and I explained the best I could. I agreed with many points brought up. I also agree it is difficult to enforce and that it is not viable to demand this of everyone in the world. I would never expect it outside of work. But if you have this policy the way I see it is its like wearing a uniform. You disagree and that's your right. I have no problem with that. There is a way of addressing someone without mocking them.

And I will say it again. I DO NOT think the UK is backwards or stupid.

And I'm reading the comments and learning etc. But to keep responding just seems to antagonize people.

I'm going to dust off and actually read our uniform/appearance policy reread our policy on perfume for staff. I'll let you know what I find.I undestand Canadian healthcare is well funded so perhaps it's more realistic to worry about minor details but I suspect the NHS has far more serious things to worry about than staff wearing sent, e.g. the fact that we don't actually have any staff/money/beds.

User147, the OP was not at all rude, until she was told not to post on a uk forum and was made out to be mental. How was she to know the rules,were different here? She was just surprised. People were unnecessarily rude to her and she then became defensive.

Gallopingourmet, thank you, let me know. :)

GreatFuckability, thanks for your support. ⚘

Believe me, after 12 hours on shift I amell of far more offensive things than my 'scent'.

Havent RTT but i did see SJPs Lovely recommended by a health worker on a blog somewhere. Because it is a light fragrance. Im not a health worker but i have a DH with COPD so cant wear strong fragrance around him. I wore Lovely last winter. My usual perfume is Versace Red Jeans but i myself am starting to find that a bit sweet now.

SJP said her mum used to wear Estee Lauders White Linen I havent had that one myself but that sounds like it wouldnt be too strong.

I dont spray deodarant or perfume anywhere near DH. But obvs he can still smell it on me. So still have to be careful.

And I will say it again. I DO NOT think the UK is backwards or stupid

That doesn't exactly tally with your earlier sneering posts telling us all that it was 2016 and obvious to anyone and merely common sense and we should all know this stuff. You certainly implied that anyone who didn't agree with you was backwards and stupid.

I notice you didn't reply to the post about the Canadian medical journal saying that scent free policies were unjustified?

Someone once bought me a bottle of Cacherels Eden for my birthday. Way too strong

user1474627704, yes I did reply about the article. You obviously missed it.

I am very surprised at the number of people that have never heard of it but I'm not calling the entire UK backwards and I wasn't sneering, lol. You are adding those bits of fiction to explain your anger.

I also noted later that a lot of people didn't know or agree with it and thought hey its not common knowledge after all.

I think you are picking and choosing what you want to read and are blinded by your anger.

People have never heard of it because its not actually a big problem. The vast majority of asthmatics don't have a problem with scents, like the vast majority of people.

I'm not angry, don't flatter yourself you arouse that much emotion. Mildly irritated at best.