These devices, in which patients may defecate directly into a collection bucket, facilitate the rapid measurement of ongoing fluid losses and management of epidemics. Inexpensive hand decontamination between examinations may be facilitated by using a portable locally prepared hand sanitizer with at least 60 percent ethanol or isopropenol and an emollient such as 3 percent glycerol[1].
Reference:
Boyce, JM, Pittet, D, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Association for Professionals in Infection Control/Infectious Diseases Society of America. MMWR Recomm Rep 2002; 51:1,45, quiz CE1-4.
