ORToday at AST
1. Barbara (left) and Michelle are 42 & 25-year veterans of the AST conference, respectively. Both are new OR Today readers. Welcome to the magazine!
2. Leena from Brooklyn won the OR Today prize pack!
3. Jayme McKelvey, OR Today staffer, had a great time meeting AST members and telling them about the magazine.
Essays by Nurses
A new anthology of essays by nurses entitled “I Wasn’t Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse” highlights the sometimes invisible work of nurses.
Germy purse?
New research from Initial Washroom Hygiene, a hygiene and washroom services company in the U.K., shows that women’s purses carry, on average, as many bacteria as a toilet seat. To keep yours clean, make weekly washing or wiping with a disinfectant a priority.
