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For the colonized patient, this type of contact led to hand contamination, which later contaminated surfaces when the patient touched the surfaces.
Four participants (10.8%) in the 22- to 50-year age group had contaminated hands, and 2 participants (14.3%) who were >51 years showed hand contamination.
Risk factors for hand contamination were determined.
Gloving may reduce microbiological hand contamination by transient pathogens.
Results: A total of 74 HCWs were evaluated for hand contamination.
While gloves do lower the rate of hand contamination, germs can still get through.
All events having the potential for hand contamination, including towel jamming, towels falling onto the floor, and incidental contact of paper exits, were monitored and documented.
In multivariate analysis, working in a medical ward rather than in an intensive care unit was significantly associated with increased hand contamination (P=0.03 for palms and P=0.02 for fingertips).
In this study, a method to identify potential exposure routes for hand contamination and evaluate the efficiency of paper-towel dispensing is described and applied to 5 different folded paper towels using a generic wall-mounted dispenser.
The only factor associated with hand contamination by transient pathogens was the absence of gloving during the healthcare procedure (odds ratio 4.8; 95% confidence interval 1.2 19; P=0.03).
A new computer model predicts that multi-bed hospital wards increase bacterial hand contamination by 20% compared with single-bed wards.
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