• Am J Infect Control · Nov 2014

    Attitudes regarding the safety of health care provider attire.

    • Kanishka W Garvin, Lauren Lipira, Moni Neradilek, Anna Fox, Fatima Ali, and Paul S Pottinger.
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Department of Veterans Affairs, Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA. Electronic address: Kanishka.Garvin@va.gov.
    • Am J Infect Control. 2014 Nov 1;42(11):1219-22.

    AbstractThe majority of medical providers, nurses, and patients agree that appearance is important for patient care. However, at our institution, concerns regarding providers' white coats as fomites are expressed primarily by providers and nurses, not by patients. We provide a framework for approaching this important issue through a structured quality-improvement process.Published by Elsevier Inc.

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