title: Bacterial contamination of nurses' white coats made from polyester and polyester cotton blend fabrics.
abstract: In India, nurses wear white coats over their uniform. In this small study, patches of polyester and polyester cotton blend fabrics were attached to the white coats of nurses and sampled for contamination after one shift. Results showed that microbial adhesion is influenced by fabric type, with the microbial load on the polyester cotton blend fabric being 60% higher than that on the polyester fabric. Further studies need to be conducted to establish the correlation between fabric properties and microbial contamination.
authors.affiliation: Knitwear Design Department, National Institute of Fashion Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: priyanka.gupta@nift.ac.in.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Knitwear Design Department, National Institute of Fashion Technology Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bairagi
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Priyadarshini
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003020:Clothing; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D003368:Gossypium; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009726:Nurses; D011091:Polyesters
chemical_list: D011091:Polyesters
keywords: Fabric; Infection control; Microbial contamination; Uniforms