Assessment of the invisible blood contamination on nurses' gloved hands during vascular access procedures in a hemodialysis unit

Li Li; Kaiwen Ni; Xuewei Du; Suzhen Wu; Jianping Zhang; Haoran Zhou; Qian Hu; Hui Zeng; Xiaofan Sui; Qinglan Meng; Xuguang Wang

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2021.12.009

Assessment of the invisible blood contamination on nurses' gloved hands during vascular access procedures in a hemodialysis unit

Am J Infect Control. 2022 Jun;50(6):712-713. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.12.009. Epub 2021 Dec 25.

Authors

Li Li¹, Kaiwen Ni², Xuewei Du¹, Suzhen Wu³, Jianping Zhang³, Haoran Zhou¹, Qian Hu¹, Hui Zeng¹, Xiaofan Sui¹, Qinglan Meng¹, Xuguang Wang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Disease Control and Prevention, The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.
² Department of Infection Control, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
³ Hemodialysis Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.
⁴ Department of Vascular Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Electronic address: WXG_LL@sina.com.

PMID: 34963646
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.12.009

Abstract

A prospective study was conducted to assess potential invisible blood contamination on nurses' gloved hands during vascular access procedures using the occult blood detection method in a hemodialysis unit. 60.13% (273/454) of samples tested positive for hemoglobin. These results highlighted the importance of hand hygiene and glove change during hemodialysis access care.

Keywords: Concentration; Glove change; Hemodialysis settings; Hemoglobin; Occult blood detection; Standard precautions.

MeSH terms

Hand
Hand Hygiene* / methods
Hemodialysis Units, Hospital
Humans
Nurses*
Prospective Studies
Renal Dialysis