Introduction:

Hand washing is the measure that has the greatest impact on the prevention of infections associated with health care. There is little evidence of the role of clinical uniforms as a vector in cross-transmission of infections in hospitals.

Method:

A rapid review was carried out with Cochrane criteria and PRISMA check list with access to Pubmed, Ovid, ProQuest and Google Academic databases in Spanish and English from 2010-2020. The objective of the review was to search for evidence of the persistence of microorganisms of intra-hospital importance in clinical uniforms, in light of the current Covid-19 pandemic. The critical analysis of the articles was carried out with tools from the Joanna Briggs Institute (checklist analytical studies, case series, text and opinion, controlled clinical trials and systematic reviews)

Results:

The initial search yielded 1703 articles, of which 8 articles were selected. Evidence of persistence of microorganisms is found in clinical uniforms. The most contaminated areas are pockets and sleeves. MERS-COV and SARS-COV, have shown persistence in aluminum up to 48 hours, wood 4 days, paper 24 hours. In genus, SARS-COV 2 has shown a persistence of 2 days.

Conclusions:

There is evidence of persistence of bacterial and viral microorganisms in clinical uniforms. The most contaminated places are pockets and sleeves. After the position, hours later there is evidence of the presence of microorganisms in clinical uniforms.