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MARSHALLTOWN MEDICAL & SURGICAL CENTER Marshalltown, Iowa

HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY & PROCEDURES

SUBJECT: Personal Appearance POLICY NUMBER: 319

PURPOSE: To establish guidelines for personal appearance that promotes a professional image.

POLICY:

Clothing/Uniforms: General attire shall be clean, neat, and moderate in style and tucked in unless the style of the top is designed to be worn out. All attire should be clean, pressed and properly fitted. No cleavage or bellies should be exposed. All clothing shall conform to accepted casual business and professional attire appropriate to the hospital department in which you work. Appropriate undergarments should be worn. Employees should refrain from chewing gum when interacting with patients or visitors.

The following attire is not acceptable:  General: spandex, sheer, sweatshirt material, denim material of any color or clothing with tears, logo (except for MMSC approved logo attire), undergarments must not be visible through clothing above the waist band, tops with hoods  Skirts: that are more than 2 inches above the knees, no miniskirts or skorts  Pants: capris. crop pants, leggings, length that drags on the floor  Tops: t-shirts (unless worn under a scrub shirt ,scrub jacket or lab coat), sleeveless, backless, strapless, low necklines, sweatshirts or hooded sweatshirts  Hats or caps: only permitted if part of intradepartmental uniform  Sweatshirts: hooded or not, with or without zippers, unless permitted as part of an intradepartmental policy  Fleece:only approved corporate wear fleece jackets or vests are acceptable

Shoes: Must be clean and appropriate to hospital department in which you work. No flip flops, flip flop style shoes, crocs with holes on top or sandals. No bedroom slippers. Shoes should be worn with socks or hose at all times. Please reference your department policy for additional guidance, as applicable.

Personal Hygiene: Cleanliness and good grooming are absolutely essential in a health care environment. Good personal hygiene includes: frequent bathing of body and hair, oral hygiene, deodorant use, good grooming, and neat appearance. Fingernails should be clean and neatly trimmed. Because of the higher potential for infection with the use of artificial nails, only natural fingernails are permitted in patient care or clinical areas. Please refrain from the use of colognes, perfumes, scented lotions, aftershave or other scented items. These could pose a health risk for staff, patients or visitors. Please reference your department policy for additional guidance, as applicable.

Hair: Hair should be neat and clean. Hair color must appear a natural color, unnatural colors include but are not limited to blue, purple, green, yellow, pink or burgundy. Extreme hairstyles, such as Mohawks, are not allowed. Beards and mustaches should be neatly trimmed. Please refer to your department policy regarding other guidance in patient care areas.

Jewelry: Should be discreet and not distracting or pose a safety or infection control risk for staff or patients, and should conform to professional attire. Jewelry should be removable for safety, therapeutic, or infection control needs or risks. Visible body piercings, except pierced ears, are not allowed and should be removed or concealed with a flesh tone covering. Pierced earrings should not exceed 2 per ear. No more than 2 rings should be worn on each hand – a wedding set will count as 1 ring. Please reference your department’s policy regarding jewelry as certain areas have additional guidance for infection control and safety.

Tattoos: All visible tattoos are not allowed and should be covered, unless management determines that covering the tattoo presents a safety or infection control issues. Such exceptions must be approved by the department leader and Human Resources Executive.

Name badges: Please refer to Human Resources Policy #324 – Employee Name Badges.

Mandatory Meetings/Trainings: Unless otherwise noted by the meeting facilitator, employees should come to meetings in business casual attire.

Management reserves the right to determine if attire falls within this policy. Departments may have a department specific dress code that meets or exceeds guidelines and will be enforced by hospital management.

At times it is recognized that the Employee Health department needs to work with an employee to meet a work related accommodation. In these situations, Employee Health reserves the right to make appropriate adjustments to the dress code policy for that individual employee and will communicate this need to the department director.

An employee arriving for work with an appearance that significantly disregards the requirements of this or a departmental guidelines/policy may be asked to return home for immediate correction. Loss of time will not be paid. Violations of this policy are subject to corrective action per Human Resources Policy #323 – Corrective Action Policy.

Originated by: Human Resources Effective Date: November 1, 2012

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