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Mixed-methods analysis of glove use as a barrier to hand hygiene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2018

Blake A. Acquarulo ,
Linda Sullivan ,
Anthony L. Gentile ,
John M. Boyce  and
Richard A. Martinello Open the ORCID record for Richard A. Martinello [Opens in a new window]
Blake A. Acquarulo
Affiliation:
Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
Linda Sullivan
Affiliation:
Yale New Haven Health, Department of Infection Prevention, New Haven, Connecticut
Anthony L. Gentile
Affiliation:
Yale New Haven Health, Department of Infection Prevention, New Haven, Connecticut
John M. Boyce
Affiliation:
J.M. Boyce Consulting, LLC, Middletown, Connecticut
Richard A. Martinello*
Affiliation:
Yale New Haven Health, Department of Infection Prevention, New Haven, Connecticut Yale School of Medicine, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, New Haven, Connecticut
*
Author for correspondence: Richard Martinello MD, Hunter 527, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT 06520. E-mail: richard.martinello@yale.edu
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Abstract

Examination gloves have been previously noted as a possible barrier to hand hygiene. We performed a prospective quantitative and qualitative study to investigate. Glove usage was found to be a potential barrier to hand hygiene; this was driven by desire for personal safety and potentially learned during professional training.

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 2019 , pp. 103 - 105
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: These data and findings were presented in part at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Spring Conference in 2017 on March 31, 2017, in St Louis, Missouri.

Cite this article: Acquarulo B, et al. (2019). Mixed-methods analysis of glove use as a barrier to hand hygiene. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 40, 103–105. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.293

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