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Hospitals ban neckties for doctors in effort against infection


“Ties are rarely laundered but worn daily,” the Department of Health said in a statement. “They perform no beneficial function in patient care and have been shown to be colonized by pathogens.”

[via AP 9/17/2007]. Originally read in Superfreakonomics.

Good reason to wear a tux.

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