BOSTON (CBS) - Massachusetts is rich in hospitals, and any time you're near one, you'll see hospital employees walking to and from work wearing scrubs or lab coats. It's what might be on that clothing ...

Germ-repelling medical scrubs and lab coats are allowing Long Island health-care providers to guard against microbes that may stick to clothing during patient care. The clothes — sometimes called ...

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Some hospital nurses are now using a new line of defense when it comes to protecting themselves and patients against dangerous bacteria. 69-year-old Raymond Singer ...

Hospital employees — including doctors, nurses and others — who wear their scrubs or gowns outside of work may unknowingly pose a public health threat, Dr. Betsy McCaughey told the Pittsburgh ...

Hospital acquired infections are a huge multi-billion dollar problem for providers, with one of the largest risks being surgical site infections. In some cases these issues can be linked to ...

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There is no shortage of hospital workers in and around Greater Boston, and seeing them about town got Jamaica Plain listener Mia Snow to wondering. "Why do healthcare professionals wear scrubs outside ...

SELLERSVILLE, Pa. -- "Early on in this process, every hospital was pretty much every person for themselves trying to find masks and personal protective equipment," said Mark Horne, the Senior Vice ...