2019
DOI: 10.26432/1809-3019.2019.64.2.108
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Microbiological investigation of ties and shirts in a Teaching Hospital, in São Paulo (SP), Brazil /Investigação microbiológica entre diferentes indumentárias em Hospital Escola em São Paulo (SP) Brasil

Abstract: Objectives: In this article, we aim to compare the contamination rates between neckties physicians in a large Brazilian hospital to those of lawyers. We also intend to compare the contamination rates between neckties and shirts from those two groups. We believe that neckties often serve as a fomite, carrying potentially harmful bacteria and, directly or indirectly, contaminate patients. Methods: We collected swab samples from doctors´ neckties and shirts at a large teaching hospital in São Paulo city center an… Show more

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