Wedding rings and hospital- acquired infection
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Wedding rings and hospital- acquired infection

Elizabeth Bernthal Captain in the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey
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Some theatre nurses are reluctant to remove their wedding rings when scrubbing up. This article reviews the literature and concludes that keeping rings on may put the patient at risk of nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infection

Nurses have a professional responsibility under the UKCC Code of Professional Conduct (UKCC 1992), to offer patients the highest possible standard of care, care that is not compromised by infection.

Nursing Standard. 11, 43, 44-46. doi: 10.7748/ns.11.43.44.s50

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Theatre nursing infection control - These key words are based upon work undertaken by the RCN Library.

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14 July 1997 / Vol 11 issue 43

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