Gloved and masked-will gowns be next? Let the data (not logic) decide this issue.

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To the Editor:-The editorial "Gloved and Masked-Will Gowns Be Next?" by Hepner is both interesting and disconcerting. The main reason surgeons resist neuraxial anesthesia is because "It takes too long!" For this reason, it is frightening to see the rubric "Will gowns be next?" Demanding that anesthesiologists wear gowns to perform neuraxial anesthesia will, in my opinion, be the death knell for spinal and epidural anesthesia. Locating and donning a gown for these procedures will obviously not make doing them less time-consuming. More importantly, is it even necessary?