Study examines universal gloving as an alternative for contact precautions
Here’s an excerpt adapted from a post in The Reading Room on HCPro’s online resource center, www.StrategiesforNurseManagers.com.
Every infection preventionist (IP) knows that when a patient is on contact precautions, the healthcare worker caring for that patient should be wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), including gloves, a gown, and a mask.
A study published in the May Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology found that a universal gloving policy could be equally as effective as placing patients under contact precautions for a multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infection.
The 12-month prospective study in an 18-bed surgical ICU at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond included two phases. The first phase (first six months) measured the rate of compliance with contact precautions, and the second phase (second six months) measured the rate of compliance with universal gloving. Results showed that policy compliance was higher in phase two (78%) than phase one (67%), and hand hygiene compliance was higher in phase two before patient care (40% vs. 35%) and after patient care (63% vs. 51%).
Click here to read the article, “Study: Universal gloving could be viable alternative for contact precautions”.
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David LaHoda
David LaHoda is the managing editor of the OSHA Healthcare Advisor, the weekly ezine OSHA Healthcare Connection, Medical Environment Update, HCPro's Basic OSHA Compliance Manual Kits for medical or dental practices, and the OSHA online training materials for ambulatory healthcare facilities.
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The link in the above post goes to a study about VAP prevention in an ICU. I do not see anything there about the universal gloving vs contact precautions.
Sorry about that. Click here to read the article, “Study: Universal gloving could be viable alternative for contact precautions”.
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