Infection Control

Dress for IC success

Briefings on Infection Control, December 1, 2008

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After reading this article, you will be able to:

  • Describe the controversial dress code adopted by the British National Health Service and picked up at Maine Medical Center’s NICU
  • Identify the steps the University of Rochester Medical Center has taken to address clothing issues

In September, the neonatal ICU (NICU) at Maine Medical Center in Portland adopted a new dress code similar to the controversial one recently adopted by the British National Health Service: short sleeves (arms must be scrubbed clean), no neckties, and no jewelry aside from a wedding band. But the initiative didn’t come from the IC department.

The NICU staff approached Gwen Rogers, RN, BS, MS, CIC, clinical manager of epidemiology and infection prevention at the facility, about the plan.

“They asked me if I opposed it, and I said no—I’m not opposed to clean arms,” Rogers says. “But I told them I’m not sure the plan was evidence-based.”

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