Impact of Universal Gowning and Gloving on Health Care Worker Clothing Contamination

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 431-437

  Williams, Calvin ^a   McGraw, Patty ^a   Schneck, Elyse E ^a   Lafae, Anna ^b   Jacob, Jesse T ^b   Moreno, Daniela ^c   Reyes, Katherine ^c   Fernando Cubillos, G ^d   Kett, Daniel H ^d   Estrella, Ronald ^e   Morgan, Daniel J ^f,g   Harris, Anthony D ^f   Drees, Marci ^a,h  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOTHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; UNIVERSAL GOWNING AND GLOVING; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STANDARDS;

CLOTHING; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 84955116735     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.75     Document Type: Article

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