Doctors' Neckties Transmit Germs

bzipitidoo writes "Real geeks don't wear neckties, and maybe the rest of the world wishes they didn't have to. Ties had a minor comeback with the recent bad job market, but hopefully that's behind us. Apart from the obvious that neckties are uncomfortable, useless, in-the-way, and therefore a waste of time and money, too-tight ties constrict blood vessels and raise eye fluid pressure which increases the risk of blindness. Now there's a new study showing that doctors' neckties transmit germs. One suggested remedy from the article is tie condoms."

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ties not often washed/cleaned

[waterbear]

From an almost-ex-tie-wearer (don't often do it these days): Many of the 'best' ties are/were in silk, and were both non-washable and even hard to dryclean without losing shape. So most of them probably didn't/don't get washed or cleaned often, or maybe not at all.

Many hospital germs, including the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant MRSA, have been found transmitted in/on noses and hands of medical staff.

Some hospitals now have dispensers for alcohol hand-rub in each ward/department, for everybody to use on their hands when entering and leaving, and some tests seem to have shown these alcohol rubs to be the most effective thing yet against contagion.

Maybe tie-bags for medics are not such a bad idea to add to that.....

-wb-