Are cut flowers really bad for hospital rooms?
Are cut flowers really bad for hospital rooms? In the “get well soon” world, flowers are the go-to gift. They brighten up a dull room, bring some nature into the picture and are just plain good at cheering people up — which makes it all the more strange that lots of people think flowers should never be placed in a hospital room. Some hospitals even have rules to that effect. San Antonio Community Hospital, for instance, has the following statement on its Web site: “For the health and safety of all patients, flowers and helium balloons are not permitted in cardiac and intensive care units” [source: SACH]. The belief is fairly entrenched, and it goes back a good ways. The urban-legend experts at Snopes have traced it back to 1923 in print form, and it most likely spread via word of mouth long before that [source:
