Hand hygiene and glove use in nursing homes before and after an intervention

We investigated whether an intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance in nursing homes changed glove use. Hand hygiene compliance increased, but substitution of hand hygiene with gloves did not decrease. We observed a reduction of inappropriately unchanged gloves after exposure to body fluids....

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Autores principales: Teesing, Gwen R., Richardus, Jan Hendrik, Erasmus, Vicki, Petrignani, Mariska, Koopmans, Marion P. G., Vos, Margreet C., Schols, Jos M.G.A., Voeten, Helene A.C.M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Concise Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7873455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33557988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1415
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Sumario:We investigated whether an intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance in nursing homes changed glove use. Hand hygiene compliance increased, but substitution of hand hygiene with gloves did not decrease. We observed a reduction of inappropriately unchanged gloves after exposure to body fluids. Clinical trials identifier: Netherlands Trial Register, trial NL6049 (NTR6188): https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/6049.

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