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Long- and short-sleeved physician workwear receive same amount of bacterial and MRSA contamination

Governmental agencies in the United Kingdom recently instituted guidelines banning physicians’ white coats and the wearing of long-sleeved garments to decrease the transmission of bacteria within hospitals due to the belief that cuffs of long-sleeved shirts carry more bacteria. However, a new study published today in the Journal of Hospital Medicine shows that after an [...]