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Docs' white coats don't spread bacteria
[Posted: Thu 10/02/2011 by Deborah Condon - www.irishhealth.com]
It has been suggested that doctors who wear long sleeves and cuffs increase the transmission of bacteria within hospitals. However a new study has found this is not the case.
Government agencies in the UK recently introduced guidelines banning doctors' white coats and the wearing of long sleeved garments, in a attempt to reduce the transmission of bacteria, including MRSA. The premise for this is that long sleeves and cuffs carry more bacteria.
US researchers decided to investigate this further. They tested the uniforms of 100 doctors who were randomly assigned to wear a freshly washed, short sleeved uniform or their usual long sleeved white coat.
The study found that after an eight-hour day, there was no difference in contamination between the long and short sleeved shirts, or on the skin at the doctors' wrists....more at the link.
http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=18648
Docs' white coats don't spread bacteria
[Posted: Thu 10/02/2011 by Deborah Condon - www.irishhealth.com]
It has been suggested that doctors who wear long sleeves and cuffs increase the transmission of bacteria within hospitals. However a new study has found this is not the case.
Government agencies in the UK recently introduced guidelines banning doctors' white coats and the wearing of long sleeved garments, in a attempt to reduce the transmission of bacteria, including MRSA. The premise for this is that long sleeves and cuffs carry more bacteria.
US researchers decided to investigate this further. They tested the uniforms of 100 doctors who were randomly assigned to wear a freshly washed, short sleeved uniform or their usual long sleeved white coat.
The study found that after an eight-hour day, there was no difference in contamination between the long and short sleeved shirts, or on the skin at the doctors' wrists....more at the link.