Yuck: Docs' White Coats Rarely See the Washing Machine - Media Interview

Photo credit: Dr. Mike Edmond

Our work was recently reproduced and not for the better. At least we tried.

In this recent American Journal of Infection Control publication, by Dr. Olvera-Lopez and colleagues, white coat laundering remains infrequent and awareness of the SHEA expert guidance paper on Healthcare Attire in Non-Operating Room Settings remains low (approximately 20% in an internal medicine department). 

Low frequency of laundering white coats was reported by us in 2014. Not much has changed.

I was interviewed for the corresponding MedPage Today article on the above topic.