Monday, October 8, 2012

Dress Code Blue

These ridiculous dress codes with no rhyme or reason have to go. We can't wear scrubs on certain days and in certain venues? Ties are mandatory in certain locations on certain days? Where is the sanity of the rules that have no basis in evidence.


Just the tip of the evidence iceberg: Scrubs were considered most hygienic by patient in a recent study of patient perception. Ties were found to be the most filthy and unrestrained ties increase transmission of infection causing bacteria.


We practice evidence based medicine (mostly). 

How about some evidence based dress coding?