Grim poster begs medics to stop smearing their bogies on walls (and wiping their bums with coats!)
Grim NHS poster begs medics to stop smearing their bogies on walls (and wiping their bottoms with other people’s coats!)
- Hospital matrons threaten the offenders with ‘disciplinary action’
Medics have been told to stop wiping their bogies on walls – or face ‘disciplinary proceedings’.
The grim warning, printed out and seemingly stuck to a toilet door, was posted on social media by an NHS doctor-in-training.
It stated that bosses were “watching closely” and “would soon know the culprit.”
As well as bogies being smeared on walls, the poster also mentioned that a “staff member’s coat was used to wipe a bum.”
The tweet, posted on May 15 at 9:16 a.m., has been viewed more than 15,500 times
Dr. Jess Foulkes shared the memo, signed by ‘the matrons’, in response to a Twitter thread asking for ‘peak NHS passive aggressive notes’.
The full poster read: “Recently we have had some incidents related to the use of this toilet.
‘A staff member’s coat has been used to wipe a bum and nasal discharge has been wiped on the wall (sic).
“We are monitoring this closely and will soon find out who the culprit is.
A disciplinary procedure will be followed. This is an infection control incident and will be taken extremely seriously.”
The poster also referred to runny noses as “boogies.”
MailOnline has not been able to verify its authenticity. It has approached NHS England for comment.
Dr. Foulkes’ tweet has been viewed more than 15,500 times.
Dismayed and bewildered social media users have shared their disgust by stressing that the infection control issues are ‘serious’.