Noel Tulipan1, Mario A Cleves. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2380, USA. noel.tulipan@vanderbilt.edu
Abstract
OBJECT: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of double gloving on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infection rates. METHODS: Data obtained in two large groups of patients, one in which the surgical personnel wore a single pair of gloves each and the other in which the personnel wore two pairs of gloves each, were retrospectively studied. The study involved 863 patients. The overall infection rate in the single-gloved group was 15.2%, whereas it was 6.7% in the double-gloved group (p = 0.0002). Of additional interest was the marked difference between the overall shunt infection rates in younger children (< 11.3 years of age; 15.7%) and older children (> 11.3 years of age) and adults (6.7%; p < 0.00005). CONCLUSIONS: The strategy of wearing two pairs of gloves while performing surgery appears to reduce the incidence of postoperative shunt infection by more than 50%. The incidence of shunt infection is highly age dependent. The shunt infection rate may be further reduced by carefully studying the individual variables associated with the shunt insertion procedure.
OBJECT: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of double gloving on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infection rates. METHODS: Data obtained in two large groups of patients, one in which the surgical personnel wore a single pair of gloves each and the other in which the personnel wore two pairs of gloves each, were retrospectively studied. The study involved 863 patients. The overall infection rate in the single-gloved group was 15.2%, whereas it was 6.7% in the double-gloved group (p = 0.0002). Of additional interest was the marked difference between the overall shunt infection rates in younger children (< 11.3 years of age; 15.7%) and older children (> 11.3 years of age) and adults (6.7%; p < 0.00005). CONCLUSIONS: The strategy of wearing two pairs of gloves while performing surgery appears to reduce the incidence of postoperative shunt infection by more than 50%. The incidence of shunt infection is highly age dependent. The shunt infection rate may be further reduced by carefully studying the individual variables associated with the shunt insertion procedure.
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