title: Hand hygiene and glove use behavior in an Italian hospital.
abstract: In an Italian hospital, we observed that hand hygiene was performed in 638 (19.6%) of 3,253 opportunities, whereas gloves were worn in 538 (44.2%) 1,218 of opportunities. We observed an inverse correlation between the intensity of care and the rate of hand hygiene compliance (R2=0.057; P<.001), but no such association was observed for the rate of glove use compliance (R2=0.014; P=.078). Rates of compliance with hand hygiene and glove use recommendations follow different behavioral patterns.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Spedali Civili, Universita di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 20123 Brescia, Italy. ange.pan@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Placido
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mondello
authors.forename: Klara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Posfay-Barbe
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Catenazzi
authors.forename: Annise
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grandi
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lorenzotti
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patroni
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Poli
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Soavi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carnevale
mesh_terms: D005932:Gloves, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000592:standards*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007558:Italy; D010564:Personnel, Hospital