You can program an alternate appearance with FaceID... You could use it with your masked face, just fyi.
In OR you should have gloves which makes fingerprint useless anyway, and oh...in an OR please leave your phone off!
Are you implying you don’t wear gloves the OR?
Why in the hell are you using a dirty ass phone in an OR for. Geeze, put the phone down and pay attention.
Gee, thanks for all the help from people who don't work in an OR, and/or don't have a clue how my OR works. Can't imagine how I could do it without you!
1 - Face ID does not work, for me or anyone else that I know, with an OR mask. I've tried it multiple times with my X, with an XR, and a XS.
2 - In the OR, we wear masks all the time, but we don't wear gloves unless we are touching the patient or something that is potentially dirty. We take our gloves off afterwards, before we touch anything else. 98% of the time, no one, except the surgeon, and the other people scrubbed in, are wearing gloves in the OR.
3 - For me, Touch ID works through gloves, about 75% of the time. It's rare that I do this though. Usually, I put gloves on, touch potentially dirty surface, then take gloves off.
4 - Phones can be kept clean, and mine gets wiped 4-5 times per day
5 - Most anesthesiologists manage multiple rooms, as well as communicating with the preop and postop areas, plus offsite areas like obstetrics, cath labs, floors, and clinics. We are in constant phone contact with our partners, assistants, and nurses. I've seen groups where partners carry two phones to keep up with all of their communication and coordination needs. I manage with one phone and my iPad mini.
6 - In a typical day, many anesthesiologist will send over 100 texts, and answer innumerable phone calls. Busy days can be twice that.
7 - I rely on my phone, ipad, and watch to stay in contact, document patient care, stay organized, and be available to all the people who need me.
So, thanks for the help folks. Really appreciate the insight!
For the record, I actually LOVE face ID when I'm not in the OR. For me, it works so much better for managing passwords, responding to calls and texts, Apple pay, etc. I think the best touch ID position is on the side, like the Galaxy S10e.
For me, the perfect phone would be dual sim, have both touch and Apple's FaceID, and have Samsung's secure folder. It wouldn't have a notch or a punch. It would have a small forehead where the cameras are. The phone speaker and microphone would be on the back of the phone. Whoever though that putting them on the screen side, where the face and hair would be against the screen, was a good idea?
Although I've been completely locked into Apple's ecosystem for some 23 years, I'm going to give the Samsung a go this year. I may be right back to the iPhone in a few months. Who knows? My kid really liked the switch to Samsung, so maybe I will too.
