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Perceptions and Barriers to Universal Gloving for Infection Prevention: A Survey of Healthcare Workers and Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2015

Nadia Masroor ,
Summer D. Donovan ,
Kakotan Sanogo ,
Leah Couture ,
Janis Ober ,
Michael P. Stevens  and
Gonzalo Bearman
Nadia Masroor
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Summer D. Donovan*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Kakotan Sanogo
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Leah Couture
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.
Janis Ober
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Michael P. Stevens
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Gonzalo Bearman
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
*
Address correspondence to Summer Donovan, DO, VCU Medical Center, Box 980163, Richmond, VA 23298 (sdonovan@mcvh-vcu.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 12 , December 2015 , pp. 1471 - 1472
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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