Effect of Glove Decontamination on Bacterial Contamination of Healthcare Personnel Hands

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue , 2019, Pages S224-S227

  Kpadeh Rogers, Zegbeh ^a   Robinson, Gwen L ^b   Alserehi, Haleema ^b   Morgan, Daniel J ^b   Harris, Anthony D ^b   Herrera, Natalia Blanco ^b   Rose, Laura J ^c   Noble Wang, Judith ^c   Johnson, J Kristie ^a,b   Leekha, Surbhi ^b  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

hand hygiene and gloves; personal protective equipment; transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DECONTAMINATION; GLOVE DECONTAMINATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; FLUORESCENCE; HAND; HAND DISINFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE GLOVE; SIMULATION TRAINING;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; SIMULATION TRAINING;

EID: 85072151030     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz615     Document Type: Article

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