Effect of Glove Decontamination on Bacterial Contamination of Healthcare Personnel Hands | Zendy

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Effect of Glove Decontamination on Bacterial Contamination of Healthcare Personnel Hands

Author(s) -

Zegbeh Kpadeh-Rogers,

Gwen Robinson,

Haleema Alserehi,

Daniel J. Morgan,

Anthony D. Harris,

Natalia Blanco Herrera,

Laura J. Rose,

Judith NobleWang,

J. Kristie Johnson,

Surbhi Leekha

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz615

Subject(s) - human decontamination , contamination , medicine , hygiene , cross infection , intensive care medicine , pathology , biology , ecology

We examined the effect of glove decontamination prior to removal on bacterial contamination of healthcare personnel hands in a laboratory simulation study. Glove decontamination reduced bacterial contamination of hands following removal. However, hand contamination still occurred with all decontamination methods, reinforcing the need for hand hygiene following glove removal.

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