Newly cleaned physician uniforms and infrequently washed white coats have similar rates of bacterial contamination after an 8-hour workday: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 177-182

  Burden, Marisha ^a,b   Cervantes, Lilia ^a,b   Weed, Diane ^c   Keniston, Angela ^a   Price, Connie S ^a,b   Albert, Richard K ^a,b  

^a DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Denver Heath ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bare below the elbows; Contamination; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; Uniform; White coat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LAUNDRY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKING TIME; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; STANDARD; TIME;

DETERGENT;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CLOTHING; CROSS INFECTION; DETERGENTS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054806355     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.864     Document Type: Article

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