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Compliance and Efficacy of Hand Rubbing during In-Hospital Practice
2005
Medical Principles and Practice
ence of more than 3 years in hospital practice. Both hand rubbing and hand washing compliance were poorer among nurses working in intensive care units than among nurses working in the other hospital wards. Generally, after taking off gloves, nurses preferred hand washing to hand rubbing. Conclusion: These data indicate that alcohol-based hand rubbing reduces mean bacterial counts on the hands of nurses more effectively than hand washing with antimicrobial soaps, and compliance rates with hand
doi:10.1159/000086928
pmid:16103696
fatcat:rdsqyx24njfgbikvarca77jae4