Laundering habits of student nurses and correlation with the presence of Staphylococcus aureus on nursing scrub tops pre- and postlaundering
American Journal of Infection Control(2015)
Abstract
Little is known about student nurse laundering practices. Student nurses swabbed their scrub tops after clinical and after laundering, and they completed a laundry survey; 13.5% of students wore the same scrub more than once, and few followed recommended guidelines by using hot water (20%) or bleach (5.6%) when laundering scrubs. After clinical shifts, 17% of swabs tested positive for Staphylococcus aureus; however, laundering eradicated it from 64.3% of positive samples. This was not statistically significant.
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Key words
Infection control,Student nurse,Staphylococcus aureus,Scrubs,Laundry
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