Your Doctor’s White Coat Might Be Really Dirty

One physician’s advice on how to stay clean

Greg Gafni-Pappas
Elemental
Published in
5 min readFeb 7, 2020

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TThe doctor’s white coat. Some might imagine it pressed and sparkling, radiating confidence and demanding respect — the very symbol of a figure who heals your illness and makes you feel better.

But how clean, really, is a white coat or any of a doctor’s clothes for that matter? Why do…

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Greg Gafni-Pappas
Elemental

Emergency physician, patient advocate, entrepreneur, sci-fi novelist, challenging the status quo