Benjamin Salter, DO, right, and Lucy Duffy, RN, second from right, with some of the organizing team members of the “Scrub Out Cancer” campaign.
Perioperative staff throughout The Mount Sinai Hospital can be seen dressed in pink—from head to toe—in the Operating Room (OR) during October as part of a new effort known as “Scrub Out Cancer.”
“We are wearing pink OR warm-up jackets, bouffant caps, surgical masks, exam gloves—and even socks,” says Benjamin Salter, DO, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who created the campaign with Lucy Duffy, RN, Vice President of Perioperative Services.
“Our fundamental goal is to raise awareness and speak to our staff and those in other departments about the benefits of cancer screening and living a healthy lifestyle.” The “Scrub Out Cancer” team is also distributing cancer-screening information and giveaways to their perioperative colleagues.