What Muslim Nurses Are Refusing To Do Is Helping Spread Ebola According to recent reports, the UK Department of Health recently made the decision to allow Muslim nurses to skip washing their hands before dealing with patients. The organizations call the new guidelines an attempt to balance infection control measures with cultural beliefs. Going forward, Muslim nurses will have the choice to wear disposable plastic over-sleeves instead of washing their hands prior to a procedure. This goes against Western medical practice, which calls for the scrubbing of hands and forearms prior to surgery to avoid infection. According to reports, Muslim nurses practicing Sharia law had complained that the public hand washing was compromising their modesty. Still, it is a risky decision to put a persons constitutional rights before the health and well being of patients. What do you think? Should Muslims be required to follow our medical procedures? 