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Article: Hand-care products: the gloves are off.(Infection Connection)
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- Healthcare Purchasing News
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- November 1, 2005
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Studies have shown that a reason oft-repeated by healthcare workers as to why they aren't always compliant with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s "Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings" (1) is because frequent washing causes dry, cracked skin. That's not just an aesthetic problem; it's an occupational hazard for themselves and their patients. Cracks in dry skin provide perfect hiding places for pathogens that can be transferred from healthcare workers' (HCWs) hands to sick patients in the blink of an eye.
The problem of hand care is so serious that it gamers much attention from high-profile regulatory and advisory agencies. The ...