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Why do medical staff wear covers over their shoes during surgerys?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Oxygen creates a fire hazard (oxygen does not burn in itself, but it makes other things burn). In an environment where there is excess oxygen, you have to avoid sparks, including those caused by static electricity. And rubber soles on shoes, rubbing against a carpet, are a major source of static electricity. So with the right kind of shoe covering, you can avoid that problem.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoThey do it for a few reasons.
~ To keep their shoes clean in case blood spills
~ To keep dust and bacteria from there shoes being tracking into the operating room
to name a few
Also if the doctor wears rubber shoes during a surgery that uses a cylinder oxygen tank a spark could get light from the friction of the shoes and if it touches the oxygen tank it could explode or if it touched the oxygen that is coming out of the tank it could catch fire and again, explode.
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