Nursing and physician attire as possible source of nosocomial infections.

Yonit Wiener-Well; Margalit Galuty; Bernard Rudensky; Yechiel Schlesinger; Denise Attias; Amos M. Yinnon

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Nursing and physician attire as possible source of nosocomial infections.

September 21, 2011

Wiener-Well Y, Galuty M, Rudensky B, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2011;39(7):555-9.

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This study found that 63% of hospital staff members' uniforms were colonized with potentially pathogenic bacteria. However, it is unknown whether these bacteria are transmitted to patients.

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