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

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Jul;39(7):884-885. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.91. Epub 2018 May 7.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Academic Medical Centers
  • Baltimore
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Gloves, Protective / microbiology*
  • Hand / microbiology
  • Hand Disinfection
  • Hand Hygiene / methods
  • Humans