Tod dem Arztkittel?!

Wieder hat ein krankenhaushygienisches Thema es geschafft, auf breites mediales Interesse zu stoßen. Diesmal jedoch kein Skandal, vielmehr die Lösung vieler Probleme: die Abschaffung eines Statussymbols, des Arztkittels! Diese – so wird es suggeriert – scheinbar längst überfällige Maßnahme werde es schaffen, multiresistente Erreger gleichsam wie nosokomiale Infektionen zu vermeiden.

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