Effect of Glove Decontamination on Bacterial Contamination of Healthcare Personnel Hands. (13th September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kpadeh-Rogers, Zegbeh; Robinson, Gwen L; Alserehi, Haleema; Morgan, Daniel J; Harris, Anthony D; Herrera, Natalia Blanco; Rose, Laura J; Noble-Wang, Judith; Johnson, J Kristie; Leekha, Surbhi
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 69(2019)Supplement 3
• Page Start: S224
• Page End: S227
• Publication Date: 2019-09-13
• Subjects: personal protective equipment -- transmission -- hand hygiene and gloves; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz615
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: 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. Abstract : In this laboratory simulation, we investigated the effect of glove decontamination prior to glove removal and found that glove decontamination reduced but did not eliminate bacterial contamination found on hands after glove removal.