An intervention to reduce health care personnel hand contamination during care of patients with Clostridium difficile infection.
Am J Infect Control. 2015 Dec 1;43(12):1366-1367
Authors: Tomas ME, Sunkesula VC, Kundrapu S, Wilson BM, Donskey CJ
Abstract
In a quasi-experimental study, an educational intervention to improve the technique for personal protective equipment (PPE) removal in conjunction with disinfection of gloves before removal of PPE reduced acquisition of Clostridium difficile spores on the hands of health care personnel caring for patients with C difficile infection.
PMID: 26654239 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]