Open AccessWhite Coats as a Vehicle for Bacterial Dissemination
Author(s) -
Asima Banu,
Mridu Anand,
Nagarjun Nagi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2012/4286.2364
Subject(s) - gram positive cocci , white coat , clindamycin , penicillin , medicine , erythromycin , white (mutation) , transmission (telecommunications) , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , biochemistry , electrical engineering , engineering , blood pressure , gene , genetics
White coats are known to be potential transmitting agents of multi-drug resistant organisms. This study was conducted to determine the level and type of microbial contamination present on the white coats of medical students in order to assess the risk of transmission of pathogenic micro-organisms by this route in a hospital setting.