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Doctors set to roll up their sleevesDate: 17/09/2007 09:29:28
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New NHS regulations are to change doctors' traditional attire by demanding that white coats finish at the elbow in order to avoid contaminations.
Amid concerns that the cuffs of long white coats can aid the spread of superbugs and any hospital-based infections, new regulations will impose a complete 'bare below the elbow' dress-code.
Also affected by the change in attire will be watches, jewellery and ties, all to be cast off for clinical work so as to reduce the risk of anything becoming contaminated and spreading infections around wards.
In a July address to the House of Commons, health secretary Alan Johnson responded to an NHS review by promising an improvement in hospital cleanliness in order to tackle the dangerous MRSA bug.
Championing the previous year's reduction in MRSA bloodstream infections, he announced further funding to Strategic Health Authorities "to work with frontline nurses to ensure that they get the support they need to provide clean, safe wards", with changes in dress-code part of the new package.
Despite improvements in fighting off the infection, 6,378 cases still occurred in UK hospitals between April 2006 and March 2007, with many now hoping that new dress-codes will contribute to finding a remedy.
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