Objectives: - Review the evidence base unpinning (or otherwise) any link between staff uniforms and cross transmission of infection in healthcare settings Evaluate the non-infection related impacts that changes in uniform practices can have on patients and staff - Evaluate the non-infection related impacts that changes in uniform practices can have on patients and staff - Attempt to suggest possible rational approaches towards uniform policies that are compliant with infection prevention and control science. - Review the evidence that links staff uniforms and cross transmission of infection in healthcare settings. - Evaluate the non-infection related impacts that changes in uniform practices can have on patients and staff. - Identify possible rational approaches towards uniform policies that are compliant with infection prevention and control science.