Bacterial Contamination of Medical Doctors and Students White Coats at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

Table 1

Social demographic characteristics of participants ().

Variable	(%)
Sex
Male	118 (65.6)
Female	62 (34.4)
Staff position
Medical doctors	60 (33.33)
Medical students	120 (66.67)
Department
Surgical	80 (44.44)
Nonsurgical	100 (55.56)
Duty station
Inpatients	150 (83.33)
Outpatients	30 (16.67)
White coat storage after working hours
Hospital	28 (15.56)
Home/hostel	152 (84.44)
Wearing clinical coats outside clinical area
Yes	8 (4.44)
No	172 (95.56)