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Glove Reinforcement An Alternative to Double Gloving

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sadir Alrawi ,
Iyad Houshan ,
Radhakrishnan Satheesan ,
Ramanathan Raju ,
Joseph Cunningham Jr  and
Anthony Acinapura
Sadir Alrawi*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Iyad Houshan
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Radhakrishnan Satheesan
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Ramanathan Raju
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Joseph Cunningham Jr
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Anthony Acinapura
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
*
9281 Shore Rd., #124, Brooklyn, NY 11209
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Abstract

Gloves, worn by the surgical team to prevent transmission of infections from and to patients, are prone to tears and perforations. This study was done to determine the frequency and sites of unrecognized glove perforation during surgical procedures. The percentage of glove perforation was 14%. Of the punctures, 73% occurred in one of four contiguous locations on the glove. We recommend glove reinforcement at these locations to provide better protection, as well as to reduce the burden of double gloving.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 8 , August 2001 , pp. 526 - 527
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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