Results/Findings:
Demographic data and baseline characteristics of
the study population were presented as frequency,
mean and standard deviation (Table 2 and 3). Fortysix
participants initially were recruited. Most of
participants were female registered nurses. They
usually did not wear nail polish (63%), used lotion
once or twice per day (52.2%), put on gloves 1-3 times
(47.9%) or 4-6 times per day (43.5%),>4 hrs during a
working day (52.1%). The corneum skin problem of
their hands included excessive dryness (54.3%) and
abrasions or fissures (43.5%). The characteristics of
hand skin and nail of the subjects were presented in
Table 2. The HCWs stated that these problems were
related to frequent scrubbing. Nearly one-third of
HCWs were concerned that damaged hand skin may
put them at greater risk for infection.