New study: Nursing home staff often fail to change gloves
[…] of appropriate glove use to prevent infection and monitor adherence to this practice.” In the first-of-its-kind prospective study by Deborah Patterson Burdsall, PhD, RN-BC, CIC, of the University of Iowa College of Nursing, researchers examined the degree of inappropriate glove use in a random sample of 74 CNAs performing toileting and perineal care at one LTCF. Inappropriate glove use — defined as a failure to...
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