It’s a concern for many health-care workers, especially those working directly with COVID-19 patients: how can they prevent bringing those germs home to their families?
A group of quilters in Alberta has a way to help them: scrub bags. The Facebook group Scrub Bags for Alberta Healthcare workers has more than 1,000 members, who are all helping make these bags.
It all started when, Nancy Blezy from Claresholm, Alta., got a call from her daughter, who is a nurse. “My daughter called me on the way to work, and said, ‘Hey mom, I have a favour to request of you.
Could you make me a cotton bag to carry my scrubs and hoodie at the end of my work day when I change?'” Blezy said. As a retired nurse, Blezy knows how important these bags are. “You