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Do gowns prevent infection in neonatal intensive care units?
1Division of Neonatology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Journal of Hospital Infection
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
In a prospective study we found that gowns had no effect when used by medical and paramedical staff, in reducing infection in a tertiary care neonatal unit. We conclude that the use of gowns in this area is an ineffective and expensive method of preventing nosocomial infection.