Hand hygiene and glove use in nursing homes before and after an intervention.

Gwen R TeesingJan Hendrik RichardusVicki ErasmusMariska PetrignaniMarion P G KoopmansMargreet C VosJos M G A ScholsHelene A C M Voeten

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)

We investigated whether an intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance in nursing homes changed glove use. Hand hygiene compliance increased, but substitution of hand hygiene with gloves did not decrease. We observed a reduction of inappropriately unchanged gloves after exposure to body fluids.Clinical trials identifier: Netherlands Trial Register, trial NL6049 (NTR6188): https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/6049.

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clinical trial
phase iii
phase ii
study protocol
randomized controlled trial
open label
oral health
atomic force microscopy