1998 Volume 42 Issue 1 Pages 27-34
The object of this study is to reduce the number of the bacteria sticking to the nurse wears in order to prevent the hospital acquired infection. Some reforms of the nurse wears were attempted. First, the belts and the chest pocket were taken away and, instead, a new small pocket for pencils was placed on the left sleeve. Second, the position of the buttons was changed from the front to the left. Third, the opening of the side pocket was changed from the bias line to the straight line. Five nurses were to wear the newly -designed nurse wears for three days and then, the number of bacteria was compared between the old and the new wears. The result showed that the number of bacteria on the new nurse wears was significantly smaller than that on the old ones.
Next, the newly-designed nurse wears of antibacterial material were compared with those of non-antibacterial material. No significant difference was observed between the two in terms of the number of bacteria. However, there was a significant effect when the antibacterial aprons were used together with the antibacterial nurse wears.
