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

摘要

BackgroundOur group will be assessing in a randomized trial whether the use of alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) to clean non-sterile gloved hands (instead of performing hand hygiene (HH) and changing gloves) for the WHO 5 Moments of HH during a single patient encounter is an efficient and effective practice. In preparation for this future study and in the absence of a well-established gold standard, this pilot study aimed to identify an effective glove-sampling method with the ability to detect a difference between our two study arms.