Risk of Hand or Glove Contamination After Contact With Patients Colonized With Vancomycin-Resistant <i>Enterococcus</i> or the Colonized Patients' Environment

Abstract

HCWs were nearly as likely to have contaminated their hands or gloves after touching the environment in a room occupied by a patient colonized by VRE as after touching the colonized patient and the patient's environment. Gloves were highly protective with respect to hand contamination.