title: Measurement of hand hygiene compliance and gloving practices in different settings for the elderly considering the location of hand hygiene opportunities during patient care.
abstract: We monitored hand hygiene and gloving practices by direct observation in 8 health care settings for elderly persons in western France. Compliance with hand hygiene was better than that reported by previous studies, was better for single contacts and before or after a series of successive contacts than inside series, and was closely related to gloving practices. Practices differed among the settings.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bacteriology and Hygiene, Angers Teaching Hospital, Angers, France. MaEveillard@chu-angers.fr
authors.forename: Matthieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eveillard
authors.forename: Marie-Thérèse
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Pradelle
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lefrancq
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guilloteau
authors.forename: Armelle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rabjeau
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kempf
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vidalenc
authors.forename: Maguis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grosbois
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zilli-Dewaele
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raymond
authors.forename: Marie-Laure
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Joly-Guillou
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brunel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D005602:France; D005932:Gloves, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D006268:Health Facilities; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods