For example, medical scrubs worn by doctors and nurses can spread ... one city hospital that is arming its staff with germ-fighting gear.

The biomedical startup, which makes germ-proof surgical scrubs and other health-care wear, signed a licensing and distribution deal with Scrubs AC Inc. and its allheart retail chain, the company said.

Ben Favret’s big idea hit him when he was a pharmaceutical sales rep a few years ago: germ-proof, bacteria-proof hospital scrubs. Five years later, that idea has morphed into a growing high-tech ...

It’s hard to find a germ researcher who doesn’t recommend ... But only a run through the dishwasher—or a good scrub with dish soap—will get it clean. When it comes to the items you touch ...

The temperature of the water has no effect on a good scrub’s germ-fighting abilities. Allow for two minutes of scrub time (or at the very least, 20 seconds, the rigorous scrub time after ...