Among healthcare providers, a direct-gloving strategy led to improved adherence and was found to be as safe as the current practice of hand hygiene prior to donning nonsterile gloves, a cluster ...

Engaging in hand hygiene before donning nonsterile gloves does not reduce bacterial counts on gloves, rendering that hand hygiene step unnecessary, according to research published in the American ...

Scientists have succeeded in developing a safe and easy self-donning and self-adjusting surgical gown called 'Selfgown,' which could also minimize environmental infection from splashes when taking off ...

That is the conclusion from a prospective, randomized trial performed by investigators at the University of Maryland Hospital. In brief, 115 healthcare providers preparing to enter contact isolation ...

Treating someone with Ebola involves a painstaking process of suiting up and peeling off protective gear, or in hospital speak, "donning and doffing." Last month, after two Dallas nurses became ...

In the health care setting, there is an increasing need for a self-donning surgical gown that health care personnel can don without the need for any assistance. Also, in the context of Crisis ...