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Differential laundering practices of white coats and scrubs among health care professionals
American Journal of Infection ControlVol. 41Issue 6p565–567Published online: December 10, 2012- L. Silvia Munoz-Price
- Kristopher L. Arheart
- David A. Lubarsky
- David J. Birnbach
Cited in Scopus: 18The role played by health care worker's uniforms on the horizontal transmission of organisms within the hospital is still controversial. To determine the differential laundering practices in regards to white coats and scrubs, we surveyed physicians present at the 3 weekly academic conferences with largest attendance at our hospital (medicine, pediatrics, and anesthesiology). Out of 160 providers, white coats were washed every 12.4 ± 1.1 days and scrubs every 1.7 ± 0.1 days (mean ± standard error; P < .001).
