Compara？？o entre duas técnicas de higieniza？？o das m？os em pacientes de diálise peritoneal

introduction: hand hygiene is an important procedure in preventing peritoneal dialysis-related infections. objective: to compare the effectiveness of two distinct techniques for hand hygiene in reducing the number of colony-forming units in patients on peritoneal dialysis. materials and method: controlled clinical trial. thirty patients underwent three collections of microbiological flora from the hands in three different instances: before and after hand washing with glycerin soap and water, and after rubbing 70% glycerin gel-alcohol. cultures were obtained by applying the fingers surface directly on agar-blood plates. results: cultures mean growth were 31, 30 e 12 colony-forming units prior to washing, after washing with glycerin soap and water, and following gel-alcohol, respectively (p < 0.001). staphylococcus epidermidis was the predominant germ in culture, occurring in 93.7% of seeded plates. conclusion: hand rubbing with gel-alcohol was more effective in reducing the number of colonies recovered than the other methods.