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The Time Burden of Alcohol-Based Hand Cleanser When Using Nonsterile Gloves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Joseph M. Reardon ,
Josephine E. Valenzuela ,
Siddharth Parmar ,
Arjun K. Venkatesh ,
Jeremiah D. Schuur ,
Matthew B. Allen  and
Daniel J. Pallin
Joseph M. Reardon
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Josephine E. Valenzuela
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Siddharth Parmar
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Arjun K. Venkatesh
Affiliation:
Brigham and Women's Hospital /Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Boston, Massachusetts
Jeremiah D. Schuur
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Matthew B. Allen
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Daniel J. Pallin*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115 (dpallin@ partners.org)
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Abstract

We quantified the time burden of alcohol-based handrub accompanying nonsterile-glove use among emergency physicians, through observation in controlled and clinical settings. We report gloving episodes per hour, gloving times with and without handrub, and handrub recommendations compliance. Handrub adds 46 seconds to each glove-use episode, and we provide national extrapolations.

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 96 - 98
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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