Sure, It’s Fashionable, But What About the Germs?
This is from the Wall Street Journal Health Blog:
American Medical Association delegates will consider….. [urging] hospitals to adopt dress codes of "bare below the elbows," to avoid carrying bacteria between patients via coat sleeves.
The British National Health System has already adopted a policy, banning ties, long sleeves, jewelry and white coats, as the BBC reported. Scotland went so far as to establish a uniform dress code that includes a short-sleeve requirement.
Don’t you think this is a little too much germophobia?
Maybe so, Tom, but there must be a germ of truth in it.
I’m not an expert, but I thought germs don’t survive well on cloth.