Healthcare personnel attire in non–operating-room settings.

Gonzalo Bearman; Kristina Bryant; Surbhi Leekha; Jeanmarie Mayer; Silvia Munoz-Price; Rekha Murthy; Tara Palmore; Mark E Rupp; Joshua White

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Healthcare personnel attire in non–operating-room settings.

February 12, 2014

Bearman G, Bryant K, Leekha S, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014;35(2):107-21.

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This guidance examined literature and hospital policies around how health care staff clothing can contribute to health care–associated infections (HAIs). The investigators reveal patients' and health care workers' perceptions regarding clinician attire and recommend research to improve understanding about its potential to spread pathogens.

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