Results: A total of 238 samples were collected from 135 personnel, including 75 nurses (55%) and 60 physicians (45%). Of these,
79 (58%) claimed to change their uniform every day, and 104 (77%) defined the level of hygiene of their attire as fair to excellent.
Potentially pathogenic bacteria were isolated from at least one site of the uniforms of 85 participants (63%) and were isolated from
119 samples (50%); 21 (14%) of the samples from nurses’ gowns and 6 (6%) of the samples from physicians’ gowns (P 5 NS)
included of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.