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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: 16The 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). - Brief report
A survey of environmental service workers' knowledge and opinions regarding environmental cleaning
American Journal of Infection ControlVol. 41Issue 2p177–179Published online: August 2, 2012- Andrea Jennings
- Brett Sitzlar
- Lucy Jury
Cited in Scopus: 19Environmental service workers play an important role in the prevention of health care–associated infections. Environmental service workers working at a Veterans Administration Medical Center completed the Environmental Service Workers' Knowledge and Opinions Regarding Environmental Cleaning Survey. The findings from this survey suggest the need for further education of environmental service workers regarding the different types of pathogens that are spread by contaminated environmental surfaces and which of these are killed with bleach.
