I will weigh in on this because it is something I know hospitals are taking much more seriously. The pandemic obviously heightened awareness and this push for limited traffic in and out of the theater. In my area, every single one of my hospitals will stop any rep that is accompanied by another person and question you. Common sense would tell you that most reps and companies understand the environment and would not attempt to do this anyway but you would be surprised.
I did see a rep in December get turned away with someone that I presume was her manager. I have good relationships at this account so it was a discussion we had after it happened. They said they were going to report the rep and the "manager"
SSI's occur in apprx 3 percent of all cases. 100's of infections occure daily and those are facts that can be verified. Also, there is plenty of data easily found online that correlates the amount of people in a room to increased risk.
Jnj will be making this a policy where only the primary rep aligned to the account is allowed in a Operating Room.
