Monday, May 24, 2004
Doctors' neckties harbour disease
Doctors who wear neckties may look more competent and reassuring, but their cravattes are actually disease-harbouring pest-farms of neck-grease, sweat, and plague germs.
Researchers found that nearly half of the ties worn by medical workers harboured bacteria which could cause disease.Link (via Stross)Clinicians were eight times more likely to wear a tie carrying bacteria than by hospital security staff.
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