title: Impact of improving glove usage on the hand hygiene compliance.
abstract: We assessed the impact of improving glove using on the hand hygiene (HH) compliance in a multicenter study including 9 chronic care settings. If gloves had been used correctly during the evaluation, the overall compliance with HH measured after contacts with patients or environment would have only increased from 66.3% to 68.7%. This weak impact suggests that improving glove usage is not in itself an alternative strategy to improve HH compliance.
authors.affiliation: ANJELIN Network, Regional Center for Physical Readaptation, Angers, France. MaEveillard@chu-angers.fr
authors.forename: Matthieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eveillard
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guilloteau
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kempf
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lefrancq
authors.forename: Marie-Therese
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Pradelle
authors.forename: Francoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raymond
authors.forename: Marie-Laure
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Joly-Guillou
authors.forename: Patrick P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Brunel
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D023381:Endpoint Determination; D017575:Gloves, Protective / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods