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Contact precautions as a barrier to hand hygiene: The Plan–Do–Study–Act (PDSA) framework to improve compliance with gloved hand hygiene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

Pamela Bailey Open the ORCID record for Pamela Bailey [Opens in a new window] ,
Kaila Cooper ,
Michael P. Stevens ,
Gonzalo Bearman  and
Michelle Doll Open the ORCID record for Michelle Doll [Opens in a new window]
Pamela Bailey*
Affiliation:
Prisma Health Midlands, Columbia, South Carolina
Kaila Cooper
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University Healthcare System, Richmond, Virginia
Michael P. Stevens
Affiliation:
West Virginia University Healthcare System, Morgantown, West Virginia
Gonzalo Bearman
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University Healthcare System, Richmond, Virginia
Michelle Doll
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University Healthcare System, Richmond, Virginia
*
Corresponding author: Pamela Bailey; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

In an identified quality improvement effort, nurses were observed regarding their workflow while in contact precaution rooms. Multiple opportunities for hand hygiene were missed while nurses were in gloves, predominantly while moving between “dirty” and “clean” tasks. An education initiative afterward did not show improvement in hand hygiene rates.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 45 , Issue 6 , June 2024 , pp. 788 - 789
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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