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A Randomized Crossover Trial to Decrease Bacterial Contamination on Hospital Scrubs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Mallory A. Boutin,
Kerri A. Thom,
Min Zhan and
J. Kristie Johnson
Mallory A. Boutin
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Kerri A. Thom
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Min Zhan
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
J. Kristie Johnson*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MarylandDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
*
University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 South Greene Street, Room N2W69, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 (jkjohnson@som.umaryland.edu).
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Abstract

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Healthcare worker attire may become contaminated with pathogenic organisms during a normal shift. We performed a randomized crossover study to assess whether treatment with an antimicrobial coating would decrease bacterial contamination on scrubs. Thirty percent of all scrubs were contaminated; there was no difference in the rate of contamination between the intervention and control groups

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(11):1411–1413

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 11 , November 2014, pp. 1411 - 1413
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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