Comments on: Skin-tone-matched hospital gowns make it easy to spot color-shifts http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mcherm http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777731 mcherm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777731 Imagine the response: "Not content with making us wear paper-thin "gowns" that are barely long enough to preserve modesty and close at the back, they're now going to give them special colors to make it look as if we actually ARE naked!" Seriously, I think that the idea of skin patches would be more effective than the idea of properly tinted gowns. And for several reasons. Imagine the response: “Not content with making us wear paper-thin “gowns” that are barely long enough to preserve modesty and close at the back, they’re now going to give them special colors to make it look as if we actually ARE naked!”

Seriously, I think that the idea of skin patches would be more effective than the idea of properly tinted gowns. And for several reasons.

]]> By: Lady Katey http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777246 Lady Katey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777246 @7yler: But what if the lighting in the emergency room is different from the lighting in the patient room? A digital camera image would be misleading, then. I think a digital devicee like this: http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=754&ca=7&s=0 but specifically developed for skin tones would be the 'ultimate' solution. But first maybe we should focus on getting our medical records digitized so all of our doctors can see what drugs they're each prescribing us. @7yler: But what if the lighting in the emergency room is different from the lighting in the patient room? A digital camera image would be misleading, then.

I think a digital devicee like this: http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=754&ca=7&s=0
but specifically developed for skin tones would be the ‘ultimate’ solution.

But first maybe we should focus on getting our medical records digitized so all of our doctors can see what drugs they’re each prescribing us.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777264 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777264 I thought the name of the journal sounded familiar: Medical Hypotheses has been discredited by the publication of AIDS denialists, anti-vaccine denialists, and other junk. It's not peer-reviewed and has even been brought to task by their own publisher for sloppy editing. http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/03/elsevier_to_medical_hypotheses_editor_br.php I thought the name of the journal sounded familiar: Medical Hypotheses has been discredited by the publication of AIDS denialists, anti-vaccine denialists, and other junk. It’s not peer-reviewed and has even been brought to task by their own publisher for sloppy editing.

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/03/elsevier_to_medical_hypotheses_editor_br.php

]]> By: Viadd http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777023 Viadd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777023 But what can we have people wear to show the content of their character? But what can we have people wear to show the content of their character?

]]> By: dainel http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777028 dainel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777028 i don't get it. did this lady originally had blue skin? i don’t get it. did this lady originally had blue skin?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777031 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777031 She's a very unhealthy smurf. She’s a very unhealthy smurf.

]]> By: rose bush http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777049 rose bush Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777049 does 'nude' mean white? i guess people of color don't get sick (well they do, but we don't treat them in hospitals and even if by chance we DO treat them, we don't care about them or their skin color changing unless it changes to white) does ‘nude’ mean white? i guess people of color don’t get sick (well they do, but we don’t treat them in hospitals and even if by chance we DO treat them, we don’t care about them or their skin color changing unless it changes to white)

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777077 robcat2075 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777077 I'm doubtful this would work. both skin and cloth vary their apparent color depending on the relation ship between the eye the object and the light shining on it. And they don't change the same. I’m doubtful this would work. both skin and cloth vary their apparent color depending on the relation ship between the eye the object and the light shining on it.

And they don’t change the same.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777590 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777590 Exactly what I was thinking! They are pretty easy to make and it would not have to be super sensitive. Not to mention the data could be used to assist in future diagnosis. Exactly what I was thinking! They are pretty easy to make and it would not have to be super sensitive. Not to mention the data could be used to assist in future diagnosis.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777096 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777096 Not only do they not get sick, but they're made of gold, taste like strawberries and in fact do live to be forever! Not only do they not get sick, but they’re made of gold, taste like strawberries and in fact do live to be forever!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777107 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777107 In this case, "nude" clearly means nude. While I'm not sure how easily really dark skin can be seen to change colour, all the lighter shades of brown should work with this system. In this case, “nude” clearly means nude. While I’m not sure how easily really dark skin can be seen to change colour, all the lighter shades of brown should work with this system.

]]> By: 7yler http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777127 7yler Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777127 Seems like this could be done a lit simpler and a lot cheaper with a simple digital camera attached to a patients chart. Take a shot of his skin during rounds and compare the coloration over time. Skin matched gowns sound a little immodest. Seems like this could be done a lit simpler and a lot cheaper with a simple digital camera attached to a patients chart. Take a shot of his skin during rounds and compare the coloration over time. Skin matched gowns sound a little immodest.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777129 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777129 Taste like strawberries? I guess that's why The Pasta Bible has "freshly ground black people" as an ingredient to one of its recipes. Taste like strawberries? I guess that’s why The Pasta Bible has “freshly ground black people” as an ingredient to one of its recipes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777137 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777137 In my view this is ridiculous, and would be a huge waste of money. Learning to assess color changes as part of the visual assessment is basic first year stuff for health care professionals. Nail beds don't need special clothing. In my view this is ridiculous, and would be a huge waste of money. Learning to assess color changes as part of the visual assessment is basic first year stuff for health care professionals. Nail beds don’t need special clothing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777400 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777400 As a former RN, I can tell you this will not go over well with nurses. Can you imagine the size of the linen closet that will be needed to store these gowns, sorted by size AND skin tone? What if all the gowns in the patient's exact shade of pallor are in the laundry? It's easy to imagine this technology costing more time than it saves. More to the point, I don't necessarily want to know the patient's color on admission, but I do want to know if it's been changing in the last few minutes. An observant nurse will pick up on that change right away without help from a gimmick. As a former RN, I can tell you this will not go over well with nurses. Can you imagine the size of the linen closet that will be needed to store these gowns, sorted by size AND skin tone? What if all the gowns in the patient’s exact shade of pallor are in the laundry? It’s easy to imagine this technology costing more time than it saves.

More to the point, I don’t necessarily want to know the patient’s color on admission, but I do want to know if it’s been changing in the last few minutes. An observant nurse will pick up on that change right away without help from a gimmick.

]]> By: therealpotato http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777919 therealpotato Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777919 Seriously... that's a really, really narrow range of skin tones. Did they just forget about brown people altogether? Seriously… that’s a really, really narrow range of skin tones. Did they just forget about brown people altogether?

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2010/05/03/skin-tone-matched-ho.html#comment-777186 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-777186 Meh just give the doc a colorimeter and note the RAL number on the chart. Meh just give the doc a colorimeter and note the RAL number on the chart.

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