Abstract
Objectives: Bring up the risk of the inappropriate use of coats by health professionals, through a bibliographic revision. Method: Bibliographic Revision based on 14 (fourteen) scientific articles published in English and Portuguese language from the year of 2000 in the data bases of: PubMed, LILACS, SciELO and BIREME. Results: The microorganisms can surviver from 10 to 98 days in a coat. Studies revealed that the Staphylococcus aureus was the most frequently isolated pathogen, being this one with a high frequency of resistance to penicillin, erythromycin, and clindamycin. There was also the presence of other Gram positive and Gram negative in less number however, potentially infectious. Conclusion: It is necessary to control diseases and injuries, as well as those conditioning and determinants factors, and with it, the correct use of uniforms in health institutions.