Clinical glove use: healthcare workers' actions and perceptions

Loveday, Heather; Lynam, Siobhán; Singleton, Julie; Wilson, Jennie

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2013.11.003

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“…Other studies have found poor compliance with timely removal of NSG in healthcare episodes involving more than one procedure on the same patient, particularly in the context of patient isolation for infection (Johnson et al, 1990;Patterson et al, 1991;Prieto and Macleod Clark, 2005). In Loveday et al (2014b) we found that the decision of healthcare workers to use NSG appeared to be influenced by feelings of disgust and misjudgement about the risk to self, and that NSG-use behaviour was often influenced by co-workers. Although we cannot be sure about the origin of these sentiments, they may have emerged from the widespread publicity about risk of HCAI, strong promotion of hand hygiene as fundamental to preventing infection, and from the promotion of personal protective clothing as part of standard precautions.…”

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The misuse and overuse of non-sterile gloves: application of an audit tool to define the problem

Wilson

Prieto

Singleton³

et al. 2015

Journal of Infection Prevention

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Background: The use of non-sterile gloves (NSG) has become routine in the delivery of health care, often for procedures for which they are not required; their use may increase the risk of cross contamination and is generally not integrated into hand hygiene audit. This paper describes a small-scale application and validation of an observational audit tool devised to identify inappropriate use of NSG and potential for cross contamination. Methods: Two observers simultaneously observed the use of NSG during episodes of care in an acute hospital setting. The inter-rater reliability (IRR) of the audit tool was measured corrected for chance agreement using Kappa. Results: A total of 22 episodes of care using NSG were observed. In 68.6% (24/35) of procedures there was no contact with blood/body fluid; in 54.3% (19/35) NSG-use was inappropriate. The IRR was 100% for eight of 12 components of the tool. For hand hygiene before and after NSG removal it was 82% (Kappa = 0.72) and 95% (Kappa = 0.87). Conclusions: In this small-scale application of a glove-use audit tool we demonstrated over-use and misuse of NSG and potential for cross transmission on gloved hands. The audit tool provides an effective mechanism for integrating glove use into the audit of hand hygiene behaviour.

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The misuse and overuse of non-sterile gloves: application of an audit tool to define the problem

Wilson

Prieto

Singleton³

et al. 2015

Journal of Infection Prevention

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“…Our findings agree with previous studies demonstrating that HCWs frequently fail to wash their hands after doffing gloves. 5,6 Whereas some studies have demonstrated increased HH rates with UG, others have demonstrated that HH decreases with routine glove use. [7][8][9] Girou et al 6 reported that the failure to change or remove contaminated gloves between patient contacts accounted for 64% of missed HH opportunities.…”

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Perceptions and Barriers to Universal Gloving for Infection Prevention: A Survey of Healthcare Workers and Patients

Masroor

Donovan

Sanogo

et al. 2015

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol.

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“…However, research studies demonstrated that the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) was still limited among health professionals, especially among nursing staff 5 - 8 . Inappropriate use of gloves indicates poor adherence to hand hygiene 8 and may increase cross infection 9 . Although hand hygiene is an essential component of SP, studies reveal that health professionals minimally adhere to this practice 8 - 12 .…”

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Cultural Adaptation and Reliability of the Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale (CSPS) for Nurses in Brazil

Pereira

Lam

Gir

2017

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Objective: this study aimed to carry of the cultural adaptation and to evaluate the reliability of the Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale (CSPS) for nurses in Brazil.Method: the adaptation process entailed translation, consensus among judges, back-translation, semantic validation and pretest. The reliability was evaluated by internal consistency (Cronbach alpha) and stability (test-retest). The instrument was administered to a sample group of 300 nurses who worked in a large hospital located in the city of São Paulo/SP, Brazil.Results: through the semantic validation, the items from the scale were considered understandable and deemed important for the nurse´s clinical practice. The CSPS Brazilian Portuguese version (CSPS-PB) revealed excellent interpretability. The Cronbach`s alpha was 0.61 and the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.85.Conclusion: the initial study showed that CSPS-PB is appropriate to assess compliance with standard precautions among nurses in Brazil. The reliability was considered acceptable. Furhter study is necessary to evaluate its comprehensive psychometric properties.

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Clinical glove use: healthcare workers' actions and perceptions

Cited by 103 publications

References 22 publications

The misuse and overuse of non-sterile gloves: application of an audit tool to define the problem

The misuse and overuse of non-sterile gloves: application of an audit tool to define the problem

Perceptions and Barriers to Universal Gloving for Infection Prevention: A Survey of Healthcare Workers and Patients

Cultural Adaptation and Reliability of the Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale (CSPS) for Nurses in Brazil

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