Hand hygiene compliance before and after wearing gloves among intensive care unit nurses in Iran

Highlights • The results of the present study showed that hand hygiene compliance was poor among ICU nurses before wearing gloves (14.8%) and that they mostly wore gloves without washing their hands first. • The results showed a significant increase in the level of hand hygiene compliance after the...

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Published inAmerican journal of infection control Vol. 44; no. 11; pp. e279 - e281
Main Authors Ghorbani, Azam, MSN, RN, Sadeghi, Leila, BSN, RN, Shahrokhi, Akram, MSN, RN, Mohammadpour, Asghar, PhD, Addo, Mary, PhD, RN, Khodadadi, Esmail, PhD, RN
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2016
Mosby-Year Book, Inc
Subjects
Adult
Compliance
Female
Gloves
Guideline Adherence - statistics & numerical data
Hand Hygiene - methods
Hands
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Hygiene
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units
Iran
Male
Nosocomial infection
Nosocomial infections
Nurses
Iran
Nosocomial infection
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Summary:Highlights • The results of the present study showed that hand hygiene compliance was poor among ICU nurses before wearing gloves (14.8%) and that they mostly wore gloves without washing their hands first. • The results showed a significant increase in the level of hand hygiene compliance after the removal of the gloves. • The results showed that nurses mostly tend to use hand-rubbing technique by an alcohol-based solution for hand hygiene.
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ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.004