Letter to the EditorShould doctors wear ties?
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Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank all doctors and members of the public who participated, the microbiology staff at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and Miss Victoria Hughes.
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2009, American Journal of Infection ControlCitation Excerpt :As expected, the study found that shirts were cleaned much more frequently than ties, which carried higher counts of bacteria. The time since the last cleaning of the tie was in line with the findings of Ditchburn.5 The results also suggested that a larger study might detect a greater number of S aureus, a major wound pathogen, on ties, which would then pose a greater infection risk than shirts.