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7. Cleaning your belly but- ton is right up there with washing your underarms, man/lady parts, shaving your legs and washing your feet. This is higher ranked than Momma's insistence you wear clean underwear. We've cleaned so much gunk out of belly but- tons, it ought to go to pathology for gross exam along with the speci- men. I'd be humiliated if someone I worked with had to clean out mine during an emergency surgery. 8. When opening a bottle of something at home, you lay the lid down on the counter with the inside of the lid up. If you drop it on the floor, your brain goes into the sterile mode and there's an argu- ment with your sterile conscience as to what to do. 9. You find yourself wearing gloves at home to wash dishes, clean counters, mop the floor, clean the bathroom (even if it's just you living there) and to prepare food. I'm contemplating wearing gloves when I go to the world's top retailer. Maybe a mask, too. 10. The thought of you undergoing surgery scares you more than it does your patients. 11. You check out dates on everything you buy. You routinely go through your drawers, cabinets and the refrigerator. Your friends and family have caught you going through theirs, too. J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 7 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 1 5 5

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