Comparison of Two Glove-Sampling Methods to Discriminate Between Study Arms of a Hand Hygiene and Glove-Use Study

Robinson, Gwen L.; Otieno, Linda; Johnson, J. Kristie; Rose, Laura J.; Harris, Anthony D.; Noble-Wang, Judith; Thom, Kerri A

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Comparison of Two Glove-Sampling Methods to Discriminate Between Study Arms of a Hand Hygiene and Glove-Use Study

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7 2018
By Robinson, Gwen L. ; Otieno, Linda ; Johnson, J. Kristie ; ...

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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
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Robinson, Gwen L. ; Otieno, Linda ; Johnson, J. Kristie ; Rose, Laura J. ; Harris, Anthony D. ; Noble-Wang, Judith ; Thom, Kerri A
Description:

In the absence of a gold standard, we compared two glove-sampling methodologies, direct imprint and the sponge stick, to detect a difference between two arms in our study relative to total amount and presence of bacteria.
Keywords:

Academic Medical Centers Baltimore Colony Count, Microbial Gloves, Protective Hand Hand Disinfection Hand Hygiene Humans
Source:

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 39(7):884-885
Pubmed ID:

29733008
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6054477
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

R01 HS024108/HS/AHRQ HHSUnited States/ ; U54 CK000450/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54CK000450/ACL HHSUnited States/
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39
Issue:

7
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CDC Public Access
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