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Originally Posted by patriot41
Come to think of it, why are there different standards when doing an electrocardiogram?
I know of male techs attending to female patients. Some were asked to leave their bra on but some were just totally topless.
What's up with the different standards?
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Originally Posted by rn1993
It all depends if they are wearing a bra that's underwired , it can cause electrical interference when performing an EKG. So we always ask that they remove underwired bras.
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Just curious, rn1993-- You sound like you're an EKG technician. Can you tell us some of your first-hand observations about EKG patients with underwired vs non-underwired bras?