title: [Comparison of two hand hygiene techniques in peritoneal dialysis patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hand hygiene is an important procedure in preventing peritoneal dialysis-related infections.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare the effectiveness of two distinct techniques for hand hygiene in reducing the number of colony-forming units in patients on peritoneal dialysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Controlled clinical trial. Thirty patients underwent three collections of microbiological flora from the hands in three different instances: before and after hand washing with glycerin soap and water, and after rubbing 70% glycerin gel-alcohol. Cultures were obtained by applying the fingers surface directly on agar-blood plates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cultures mean growth were 31, 30 e 12 colony-forming units prior to washing, after washing with glycerin soap and water, and following gel-alcohol, respectively (p < 0.001). Staphylococcus epidermidis was the predominant germ in culture, occurring in 93.7% of seeded plates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hand rubbing with gel-alcohol was more effective in reducing the number of colonies recovered than the other methods.
authors: Programa de Pós Graduação em Medicina e ciências da Saúde, Pontifícia Universidade católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 　Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors: Soraia Lemos
authors: SL
authors: Siqueira
authors: Ana Elizabeth
authors: AE
authors: Figueiredo
authors: Carlos Eduardo
authors: CE
authors: Poli de Figueiredo
authors: Domingos Otávio
authors: DO
authors: D'Avila
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D013234:Stem Cells