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Bare Below the Elbows: A Randomized Trial to Determine Whether Wearing Short-Sleeved Coats Reduces the Risk for Pathogen Transmission

BACKGROUND: Physician’s white coats are frequently contaminated, but seldom cleaned. Therefore, in the UK, a “bare below the elbows” dress code policy includes a recommendation that personnel wear short sleeves. However, it has not been demonstrated that wearing short sleeves reduces the likelihood...

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Autores principales: John, Amrita, Alhmidi, Heba, Gonzalez-Orta, Melany, Cadnum, Jennifer, Donskey, Curtis J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5632146/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.084