"The Doctor's Hands Are Germ-Free. The Scrubs Too?" was published in the New York Times Tuesday. A Goodwin Student asked that I mention this article on the blog after she noticed that many students here come from or are going to medical settings wearing scrubs that may not pass the germ-free test.
A recent study at a Connecticut hospital "sought to gauge the role that clothing plays in the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. The study found that if a worker entered a room where the patient had MRSA, the bacteria would end up on the worker’s clothes about 70 percent of the time, even if the person never actually touched the patient.
Amid growing concerns about hospital infections and a rise in drug-resistant bacteria, the attire of doctors, nurses and other health care workers — worn both inside and outside the hospital — is getting more attention. While infection control experts have published extensive research on the benefits of hand washing and equipment sterilization in hospitals, little is known about the role that ties, white coats, long sleeves and soiled scrubs play in the spread of bacteria." (quoted from the article)
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