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Recovery efficiency of two glove-sampling methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2021

Amanda K. Lyons Open the ORCID record for Amanda K. Lyons [Opens in a new window] ,
Laura J. Rose  and
Judith Noble-Wang Open the ORCID record for Judith Noble-Wang [Opens in a new window]
Amanda K. Lyons*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Laura J. Rose
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Judith Noble-Wang
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Author for correspondence: Amanda Lyons, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Two methods to sample pathogens from gloved hands were compared: direct imprint onto agar and a sponge-wipe method. The sponge method was significantly better at recovering Clostridiodes difficile spores, and no difference was observed between the methods at 101 inoculum for carbapenemase-producing KPC+ Klebsiella pneumoniae, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and Acinetobacter baumannii.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , March 2022 , pp. 390 - 392
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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