Researchers analyzed infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit who weighed less than 1,000g and/or had a gestational age of less than 29 weeks and were less than eight days old. There were 175 eligible infants, who were randomly assigned to receive care with nonsterile gloves after hand hygiene (group A) or care after hand hygiene without gloves (group B)
The study found that late-onset invasive infection or necrotizing enterocolitis occurred in 32 percent of infants who received care with gloves after hand hygiene compared with 45 percent of infants who received care without gloves after hand hygiene.
In group A compared with group B, there were 53 percent fewer gram-positive bloodstream infections and 64 percent fewer central line–associated bloodstream infections.
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