Bacterial Contamination of Workwear

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Conditions studied: Bacterial Contamination of Physician Attire

In brief

Governmental agencies in the United Kingdom and Scotland have recently instituted guidelines banning physicians' white coats and wearing of long-sleeved garments to decrease hospital transmission of bacteria. The purpose of this study is to compare the bacterial contamination of physicians' white coats with that of newly laundered, standardized short-sleeved uniforms after an eight-hour workday and to determine the rate at which bacterial contamination of the uniform ensues. Our hypothesis was that the physician white coat would have more bacterial contamination at the end of the work day.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01192841

Run by

Denver Health and Hospital Authority

People needed

110

Starts

2008-04-01

Expected to finish

2009-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-09-01

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Internal medicine interns, residents, and hospitalists working on acute medicine ward service.

You may not qualify if…

• Not willing/unable to participate in study
• Not working a full 8 hour day in the hospital

Where it is running

• Denver Health — Denver, Colorado, United States

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