Journal
JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages 238-241Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.0962
Keywords
infection control; nursing uniforms; prevention of infection
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Microbiological sampling of nurses' uniforms was undertaken using a Casella slit sampler. Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile and vancomycin-resistant enterococci were detected on uniforms both before and after a span of duty. Recommendations for provision and changing of nurses' uniforms are made. (C) 2001 The Hospital Infection Society.
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