Sterile, as in:You used the word sterile. I'm trying to understand what you meant by it.
I have no opinion on the management of rental wetsuits. I'm pretty sure all the competent dive op mgrs here on SB know vastly more about that than I do.
"free from living, esp pathogenic, microorganisms; aseptic" |
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The fact is, infections can be anywhere. I can't remember many DMs who didn't shake my hand at one point during the dive days. Tourists, such as divers on vacation, have high rates of noro- and rotaviruses that can easily be spread by a simple handshake. Worse, I could spread MRSA.
There's no sound basis for not handling "soiled" wetsuits, which is why thousands and thousands of dive shops, dive ops, and dive resorts rent them to the public knowing that they'll come back with traces of urine. If you have no opinion on the management of rental wetsuits, why would you try to have an opinion on how they manage personal wetsuits? Wetsuits are wetsuits and DMs are DMs. It's apples and apples. Maybe Brules is right, you're arguing just to argue. Me, I'm expressing a preference for dive ops that go the extra step and handle wetsuits. For me, that is truly "white glove" service. I'd much rather a dive op handle my wetsuit with the rest of my dive gear since I'm already carrying 40 lbs of camera gear back and forth. That "perk" ranks over parkas and towels on my list. Also, wetsuits tend to be wet. After all, if you think the DM shouldn't handle the wetsuit because of potential urinary concerns, why should it be any better to drag the dripping wetsuit through a fancy hotel where an innocent child could slip in the puddle and flounder in the same UTI-causing bacteria?