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
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CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Paul, GregorUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-1075-4362UNSPECIFIED
Bobic, RadmilaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dawud, JasminUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ertelt, KatharinaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Fluhr, MargretUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Harms, GundulaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Jovanovic, JasnaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Klink, TatjanaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Loh, UlrikeUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pollitt, AngelaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schaefer, ElviraUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schoeneck, BeateUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Synowzik, IrisUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Sethi, ShnehUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Trautmann, MatthiasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
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:
KeywordsLanguage
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Infectious DiseasesMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56911

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