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

Comments Regarding Masroor et al: Perceptions and Barriers to Universal Gloving for Infection Prevention

“…These results compliment the study by Masroor et al 1 It is important to consider the perceptions of HCWs to promote gloving. Sociological representations can influence the behavior of HCWs.…”

“…To the Editor— Masroor et al 1 reported an additional way to investigate the gloving rate: perceptions of healthcare workers (HCWs) and their interaction with the perception of patients. The authors were right to seek responses from every HCW, considering that other studies have shown that gloving is determined by the behavior of all HCWs 2 .…”