Baseline Characteristics of 13 Participating Units
HOSPITAL INFECTION
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.Three participating units (2 usual care and 1 direct-gloving unit) required universal gloving for entry into any patient room during the study period as part of hospital infection prevention practices.Health care personnel were considered adherent in the baseline period if they were compliant with expected practice of hand hygiene followed by glove use before entry into a contact precautions room.Of the 3 eligible emergency departments, 1 declined to participate; study staff did not observe any health care personnel enter contact precautions rooms in 1 of the 2 remaining emergency departments because that unit infrequently used contact precautions rooms.