title: Wedding rings and hospital-acquired infection.
abstract: Some theatre nurses are reluctant to remove their wedding rings when scrubbing up. This article reviews the literature and concludes that keeping rings on may put the patient at risk of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infection.
authors.affiliation: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernthal
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D012307:Risk Factors