The use of protective gloves by medical personnel

• Authors: Anna Garus-Pakowska , Wojciech Sobala , Franciszek Szatko

Abstracts

EN

Introduction: To minimize the risk of cross-infection between the patient and the medical staff, it is necessary to use individual protective measures such as gloves. According to the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), protective gloves should always be used upon contact with blood, mucosa, injured skin or other potentially infectious material. Materials and Methods: The aim of the study was to evaluate, through quasi-observation, the use of protective gloves by medical staff according to the guidelines issued by the CDC and WHO. The results were subject to statistical analysis (p < 0.05). Results: During 1544 hours of observations, 3498 situations were recorded in which wearing protective gloves is demanded from the medical staff. The overall percentage of the observance of using gloves was 50%. The use of gloves depended significantly on the type of ward, profession, performed activity, number of situations that require wearing gloves during the observation unit and the real workload. During the entire study, as many as 718 contacts with patients were observed in which the same gloves were used several times. Conclusion: Wearing disposable protective gloves by the medical staff is insufficient.

Keywords

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compliance with procedures; protective gloves; hygiene; medical personnel

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 423-429

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Anna Garus-Pakowska

author

Wojciech Sobala

• Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Łódź, Poland

author

Franciszek Szatko

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13382-013-0095-1

Biblioteka Nauki

2179150