HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE

How Aloetouch Exam Gloves Can Help Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance

The Clinical Rationale

According to published clinical studies, the number one reason healthcare workers do not follow their facility’s hand hygiene protocol is dryness and irritation. As a result, the CDC strongly recommends the regular use of products to prevent and treat dryness and irritation.

Medline’s Aloetouch gloves have been shown to moisturize and soothe dry, chapped hands. When these conditions are improved, our customers tell us hand hygiene compliance rates increase.

Dr. Elaine Larson, Columbia University, AJIC, 1995

“Skin irritation & dryness were the leading deterrents to hand washing” CDC recommends “regular use of products to prevent and treat irritant contact dermatitis caused by hand hygiene products.”

Dr. Dennis West, Northwestern University, AJIC, 2003

100% of study participants exhibited “marked improvement” in skin quality after an average of only 10 days

Dr. Dennis Maki, University of Wisconsin, AJIC, 2000

Marked improvement in skin quality increased compliance with hand hygiene protocol 50% vs. control group

Sources

1. Boyce John M; Pittet, Didier;”Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health- Care Settings: Reccomendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA   Hand Hygiene Task Force;”Published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ;October 25, 2002.

2. Larson, Elaine; Kretzer, E.K; “Compliance with handwashing and barrier precautions.” Journal of Hospital Infection; Volume 30, 1995. Page 88-106.

3. McCormick Rita; Buchman, Tracy; Maki, Dennis; “Double-blind randomized trial of scheduled use of a barrier cream and oil- contasining lotion for protecting the hands of health care workers,: American Journal of Infection Control; 2000, Volume 28, Page 302-310.