title: The time burden of alcohol-based hand cleanser when using nonsterile gloves.
abstract: We quantified the time burden of alcohol-based handrub accompanying nonsterile-glove use among emergency physicians, through observation in controlled and clinical settings. We report gloving episodes per hour, gloving times with and without handrub, and handrub recommendations compliance. Handrub adds 46 seconds to each glove-use episode, and we provide national extrapolations.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Reardon
authors.forename: Josephine E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
authors.forename: Siddharth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: Arjun K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Venkatesh
authors.forename: Jeremiah D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Schuur
authors.forename: Matthew B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pallin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000438:Alcohols; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005782:Gels; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000191:economics*; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D005782:Gels