An ICU study found that alcohol-based hand rub applied after patient care reduced glove bioburden, while staff raised feasibility concerns. Researchers stress that the practice does not replace glove changes or hand hygiene.
|Articles|November 6, 2013
CDC's Safe Healthcare Blog Emphasizes That Good Infection Prevention Habits Don't Just Happen
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Today, on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)s Safe Healthcare Blog, Elaine Larson, RN, PhD, CIC, FAAN, associate dean for research at Columbia Universitys School of Nursing, discusses a recent study in which nursing students reported clinicians failing to perform hand hygiene before patient contact. Student nurses recognize trained nurses as important role models, but little is known about the examples set by qualified practitioners.
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