Hand hygiene and glove use behavior in an Italian hospital.
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.
Pan
Angelo
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Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Spedali Civili, Universita di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 20123 Brescia, Italy. ange.pan@tiscali.it
Mondello
Placido
P
Posfay-Barbe
Klara
K
Catenazzi
Patrizia
P
Grandi
Annise
A
Lorenzotti
Silvia
S
Patroni
Andrea
A
Poli
Nadia
N
Soavi
Laura
L
Carnevale
Giuseppe
G
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