Medical gloves can effectively isolate medical pollution and prevent cross-infection between doctors and patients, and have become essential items in hospitals. In clinical practice, especially in operations with risk of infection, medical staff worry about damage or perforation of medical gloves. It is precisely the damage of medical gloves that is a common problem during surgery, especially when it comes to orthopedics and plastic surgery.
How to prevent perforation and damage of medical gloves:
There are many factors that cause damage or perforation of medical gloves, such as instrument damage, bone tissue puncture, and rupture caused by decreased glove strength. Larger areas of damage are easy to find, while small perforations are often difficult to find. The risk of cross infection is invisible. For this reason, it is necessary to test the puncture resistance of medical gloves in advance. The puncture resistance of medical gloves is better, while the puncture resistance of medical gloves is poor. It is extremely prone to perforation and damage when encountering sharp objects such as Kirschner wires and ligation wires during use.
In order to prevent this risk, many medical staff choose to wear double-layer medical gloves to resist the perforation and rupture of medical gloves. According to research statistics, after using this method, the perforation rate of the inner glove is only about 10% of that of the single-layer glove. However, after wearing double-layer medical gloves, the flexibility of the fingers and the sensitivity of touch are significantly reduced, which affects the accuracy of the operation to a certain extent, and artificially increases the risk of the operation. Therefore, the fundamental method is still to strictly monitor the quality of medical gloves before use to ensure that the puncture force can reach a certain strength, reduce the perforation and damage of clinical medical gloves, and reduce the risk of clinical cross-infection between doctors and patients.
While ensuring the quality of medical gloves is good, medical staff should also replace medical gloves in a timely manner based on actual use. After conducting a statistical study on the damage of medical gloves used by medical staff, it is found that after 4 hours of continuous use of gloves, the damage rate of medical gloves has increased significantly and is concealed. Therefore, medical gloves should be replaced in time. In some types of surgery, such as open surgery, the exudate, grease, bile, pancreatic juice, etc. will corrode medical gloves, which will accelerate the aging of the gloves and reduce the performance. The medical gloves should be checked and replaced in time according to the actual situation.
