A Dress Code for Docs? How, then, should doctors dress when caring for patients? Clearly, more evidence is needed to guide members of the medical community. So we have launched a large study that aims ...

Do you know what's on your doctor's lab coat? Or your nurse's sleeve? The answer might literally sicken you, say experts who are suggesting a new, voluntary, dress code for health workers in hospitals ...

The American Hospital Association is encouraging hospitals nationwide to embrace a new dress code if they haven’t already, the Cox Washington Bureau has learned. The new standards include ...

A new dress code for doctors, nurses and other health care workers calls for outfits that may be short on style, but long on what it takes to keep dangerous germs from spreading among patients. Short ...

LONDON — British hospitals are banning neckties, long sleeves and jewelry for doctors — and their traditional white coats — in an effort to stop the spread of deadly hospital-borne infections, ...

Second, in emergency, surgical or intensive care settings, scrubs were not only preferred by patients, but also more often equated with professionalism. This makes sense, as in these more “hands-on,” ...