Contamination of examination gloves in patient rooms and implications for transmission of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms .
An assessment of bacterial contamination on examination gloves indicated that contaminated gloves may be a mechanism of indirect bacterial transmission from the hands of healthcare workers to patients. This mechanism is indicated by the recovery of identical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from gloves and from the clinical cultures of a patient with invasive infection.
Diaz
Maureen H
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Department of Microbiology-Immunology , Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. m-abott@northwestern.edu
Silkaitis
Christina
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Malczynski
Michael
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Noskin
Gary A
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Warren
John R
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Zembower
Teresa
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D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000379:methods; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D017575:Gloves, Protective / Q000382:microbiology*; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; D010362:Patients' Rooms
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents