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Paul, Gregor ORCID: 0000-0002-1075-4362, Bobic, Radmila, Dawud, Jasmin, Ertelt, Katharina, Fluhr, Margret, Harms, Gundula, Jovanovic, Jasna, Klink, Tatjana, Loh, Ulrike, Pollitt, Angela, Schaefer, Elvira, Schoeneck, Beate, Synowzik, Iris, Sethi, Shneh and Trautmann, Matthias (2021). Bacterial contamination of nonsterile gloves versus hands after hand hygiene. Am. J. Infect. Control, 49 (11). S. 1392 - 1395. NEW YORK: MOSBY-ELSEVIER. ISSN 1527-3296

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Abstract

Background: Nonsterile gloves (NSG) are often overused, while the emphasis should lie in hand hygiene (HH). Furthermore, improper HH leads to contamination of NSG in glove boxes. The aim of this study was to compare microbial loads on hands from health-care workers (HCW) after HH to NSG and to study the influ-ence of position and filling level of glove boxes on contamination rates. Methods: Fingerprints on agar plates were made from randomly chosen HCWs directly after HH. Plates were incubated and colony-forming units counted. NSG taken from glove boxes were also sampled. Filling level and position (horizontal vs vertical) of the glove boxes were recorded. Results: Median colony-forming units count was similar for hands after HH (N = 107, median 1, IQR 5) and NSG (N = 185, median 1, IQR 2, P-value .33). Only few samples in both groups showed growth of pathogenic bacteria. Neither the filling level (P-value .76), nor the position of the glove box (P-value .68) had an influence on NSG contamination. Conclusion: Microbial loads of hands after HH are comparable to NSG. Filling level or position of the glove box did not influence glove contamination. Whether similar microbial counts translate into comparable nosocomial infection rates warrants further research. (c) 2021 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Paul, Gregor UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-1075-4362 UNSPECIFIED Bobic, Radmila UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dawud, Jasmin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ertelt, Katharina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fluhr, Margret UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Harms, Gundula UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Jovanovic, Jasna UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Klink, Tatjana UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Loh, Ulrike UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pollitt, Angela UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schaefer, Elvira UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schoeneck, Beate UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Synowzik, Iris UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sethi, Shneh UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Trautmann, Matthias UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-569117
DOI:	10.1016/j.ajic.2021.04.002
Journal or Publication Title:	Am. J. Infect. Control
Volume:	49
Number:	11
Page Range:	S. 1392 - 1395
Date:	2021
Publisher:	MOSBY-ELSEVIER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1527-3296
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Infectious Diseases Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56911