Internal Medicine Department, New York City Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, NY.
Internal Medicine Department, New York City Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, NY.
Am J Infect Control. 2020 Jul;48(7):834-836. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.10.017. Epub 2019 Nov 22.
Self-reported awareness of recommendations by the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America on white coat laundering remains low (21%) among physicians from the internal medicine department. Factors such as modifying the laundry schedule of the hospital and personalization of white coats can be considered by hospitals to increase adherence to such recommendations to decrease the risk of health care-associated infection and may also improve professional appearance.
内科医生对美国医疗机构流行病学学会关于白大衣清洗的建议的自我报告知晓率仍然较低(21%)。医院可以考虑修改医院的洗衣日程和白大衣的个性化等因素,以提高对这些建议的遵守率,降低医疗相关感染的风险,同时也可以改善职业形象。