TY - JOUR AU - Menegueti, Mayra Gonçalves AU - Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Fernando AU - Ciol, Marcia A. AU - Auxiliadora-Martins, Maria AU - Basile-Filho, Anibal AU - da Silva Canini, Silvia Rita Marin AU - Gir, Elucir AU - Laus, Ana Maria PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/06 TI - Impact of replacing powdered gloves with powder-free gloves on hand-hygiene compliance among healthcare workers of an intensive care unit: a quasi-experimental study JO - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control SP - 6 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - After wearing powdered gloves, healthcare workers (HCW) are supposed to wash their hands instead of using alcohol-based hand-rub (ABHR). Washing hands takes longer than using ABHR, and the use of powdered gloves may be an obstacle to hand-hygiene compliance. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of replacing powdered gloves with powder-free gloves on hand-hygiene compliance among HCW of an intensive care unit (ICU). SN - 2047-2994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00877-5 DO - 10.1186/s13756-020-00877-5 ID - Menegueti2021 ER -