Compliance With Routine Use of Gowns by Healthcare Workers (HCWs) and Non-HCW Visitors on Entry Into the Rooms of Patients Under Contact Precautions

Abstract

Improvement in compliance with gown use at our medical center will require more-intensive educational efforts targeted at male HCWs and at HCWs and visitors on general wards. In the care of ICU patients under MCP, HCW compliance with gown use may be used as a proxy for their compliance with glove use.