Jump to content
Premed 101 Forums

For those of you who hate doing laundry...


mlbn

Recommended Posts

  • 1 month later...

Along the same lines:

 

Frequently Laundering Uniforms Does Not Appear To Reduce MRSA Contamination Degree.

 

Medscape (2/10, Kling) reported, "After 8 hours of wear, there was no significant difference in the degree of bacterial contamination of newly laundered, short-sleeved uniforms compared with white coats that are laundered less frequently," according to a study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. Investigators examined the "coats of 100 residents and hospitalists" at a Denver hospital "for contamination with overall bacteria and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)." They found "no significant difference between colony counts obtained from white coats (104 [80 - 127]) and newly laundered uniforms (142 [83 - 213]; P = .61)."

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

×
×
  • Create New...