White Coat Of Doctors May Be Threat To Patient's Health As Being Contaminated

White Coat or "Apron" is the dress code of a Doctor as Black coat for Layers and in our country Khaki for Police But recently it has been demonstrated in many studies that this white coat beside raising Bp and unnecessary anxiety, alertness in few patients particularly suffering from psychosocial disorders, children and atypical diseases usually harbor many ineffective microbes. Beside this many gadgets in OT, ICU as monitors, ventilators, defibrillators, c-arm, ultrasound, ECG, echo machines etc,Curtains, bed, bed covers, dustbins and floor and walls are also found full of microbes against which we pay hardly any intention.

A recent study conducted among patients at 10 academic hospitals in the United States noted that a little over half of them cared about what their doctors wear, most of them preferring the traditional white coat. Some doctors also prefer the white coat, looking at…