" If the glove fits " : Hospital-wide universal gloving is associated with improved hand hygiene and may reduce Clostridioides difficile infection.
Objective: To determine whether a hospital-wide universal gloving program resulted in increased hand hygiene compliance and reduced inpatient Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) rates.
Design: We carried out a multiple-year before-and-after quasi-experimental quality improvement study. Gloving and hand hygiene compliance data as well as hospital-acquired infection rates were prospectively collected from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2017, by secret monitors.
Settings: The University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital, an 849-bed quaternary-care teaching hospital.
Patients: All adult inpatients with the exception of patients in the obstetrics unit.
Interventions: A hospital-wide universal gloving protocol was initiated on January 1, 2016.
Results: Hand hygiene compliance increased from 68% in 2015 reaching an average of 88% by 2017 (P
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