Banning Doctors’ Wristwatches Could Be Potentially Dangerous In A Clinical Setting

As doctors will soon have to be ‘bare below the elbows’ in UK hospitals, including no wristwatches, an article in this week’s British Medical Journal (BMJ) warns that not allowing doctors to wear wristwatches could be potentially dangerous in a clinical setting. James Henderson and Sarah McCracken point out that there is no evidence that wristwatches carry infections. In fact, little has been mentioned about the clinical benefits of the wristwatch.

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Filed under: MRSA / Drug Resistance on January 4th, 2008