Jewellery, nail polish and artificial nails RACGP. Health professionals should not wear rings at work because they interfere with hand-hygiene techniques and the skin under rings may be more heavily colonised by microorganisms than.
The consensus recommendations from the World Health Organization are that healthcare workers do not wear artificial fingernails or extenders when having direct contact with patients and natural nails should be kept short (< 0.5cm long).
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