Healthcare Worker Perception of Bare Below the Elbows: Readiness for Change?

Pellerin, James; Bearman, Gonzalo; Sorah, Jonathan D; Sanogo, Kakotan; Stevens, Michael P.; Edmond, Michael B.

doi:10.1086/676422

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“…5 Yet, many physicians continue to wear neckties and/or a white coat. 31 They cite many reasons for preferring this attire, such as professionalism, tradition, sense of identity, style, warmth, etc. Medical students and training physicians generally follow the lead of their supervising physicians, and thus often feel obligated to wear neckties and white coats.…”

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Neckties on Physicians: Going the Way of Powdered Wigs

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O’Keefe

2020

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Neckties on Physicians: Going the Way of Powdered Wigs

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O’Keefe

2020

AMSRJ

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“…• Bare below the elbows in an academic medical center -Godbout et al 45 • Seasonal variation in bare-below-the-elbow compliance -Masroor et al 46 • Healthcare worker perceptions of bare below the elbows: readiness for change? -Pellerin et al 47 • Long sleeves are colonized during HCW shifts due to the inability disinfect fabric between patient care, a BBE approach may prevent HAI transmission. • HCWs value apparel with pockets, therefore, team vests were instituted as an alternative to the traditional white coat.…”

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The learning hospital: From theory to practice in a hospital infection prevention program

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Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol.

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The learning hospital is distinguished by ceaseless evolution of erudition, enhancement, and implementation of clinical best practices. We describe a model for the learning hospital within the framework of a hospital infection prevention program and argue that a critical assessment of safety practices is possible without significant grant funding. We reviewed 121 peer-reviewed manuscripts published by the VCU Hospital Infection Prevention Program over 16 years. Publications included quasi-experimental studies, observational studies, surveys, interrupted time series analyses, and editorials. We summarized the articles based on their infection prevention focus, and we provide a brief summary of the findings. We also summarized the involvement of nonfaculty learners in these manuscripts as well as the contributions of grant funding. Despite the absence of significant grant funding, infection prevention programs can critically assess safety strategies under the learning hospital framework by leveraging a diverse collaboration of motivated nonfaculty learners. This model is a valuable adjunct to traditional grant-funded efforts in infection prevention science and is part of a successful horizontal infection control program.

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“…The USA is gradually moving towards a 'bare below the elbow' approach, but not without considerable resistance according to a survey in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 21 This issue seems to evoke surprisingly strong opinions from healthcare workers, who can be somewhat image conscious. The experience from the UK shows that 'bare below the elbow' can be successfully implemented, which, on balance, makes sense.…”

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Otter

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Journal of Hospital Infection

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Healthcare Worker Perception of Bare Below the Elbows: Readiness for Change?

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

Neckties on Physicians: Going the Way of Powdered Wigs

Neckties on Physicians: Going the Way of Powdered Wigs

The learning hospital: From theory to practice in a hospital infection prevention program

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