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Can doctors' clothes spread infections?

Quality Improvement Monitor, September 26, 2008

As worries grow about hospital infections, some experts question whether healthcare workers’ clothes may be spreading superbugs to their patients, according to the New York Times.

Some experts say that even though data indicates that clinician’s clothing crawls with germs, no evidence suggests that apparel can actually spread infections, the paper said.

But a 2004 study that compared the ties of 40 doctors and medical students with those worn by security guards found that the neckties of healthcare workers brimming with infections. The study, conducted by the New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, found that only one of the security guard’s ties harbored germs, the Times said.

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