Walk into almost any healthcare setting today, and you will see employees from the desk clerk to the person cleaning the bathroom wearing surgical scrubs. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, while most ...
In her 30 years as a nurse in rural Newfoundland, Karen Morris has seen the physical image of her profession change dramatically You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...
From Florence Nightingale to Nurse Ratched, pristine white uniforms and crisply starched caps once made the American nurse instantly recognizable. But that iconic image is now a relic of the past. As ...
Healthcare providers can be a source of infection to the patients through the clothes they wear. However having nurses wear scrubs with antimicrobial properties did not prevent this bacterial ...
NEW ORLEANS — Nurses' scrubs can become contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria through direct patient care and through contact with the patient’s environment, according to a molecular analysis ...