Combined with other major medical infections, we can see that disposable examination gloves will play an important role in preventing and controlling diseases. The purpose of disposable inspection gloves is to prevent the hands from being contaminated by blood, infectious bacteria or microorganisms, to prevent the spread of existing bacteria or microorganisms on the skin or hands, to avoid chemical damage or to reduce the injury of sharp objects.
Disposable examination gloves are the “standard” for medical staff in standard prevention work, and have an indelible “contribution” to the prevention of occupational injuries and cross-infection. What are the types and functions of disposable gloves? How to correctly choose and use disposable inspection gloves? Let us explain one by one.
Classification of inspection gloves:
1. According to the nature of work, it can be divided into sterile gloves and non-sterile gloves. Sterilized gloves are divided into surgical gloves and examination gloves, and non-sterile gloves are divided into clean examination gloves and housekeeping gloves.
2. According to the production materials, it can be divided into latex gloves, nitrile gloves, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) gloves and polyethylene (PE) gloves.
3. Powder gloves and powder-free gloves can be distinguished according to whether there is a release agent.
4. According to applicable conditions, there are pitted surface, smooth surface, thickness, etc.
Use of inspection gloves:
1. Surgical disinfection gloves: sterile disposable. It is used for operations that require a high degree of sterility, such as surgical operations, preparations for total parenteral nutrition during childbirth, etc.
2. Cleaning and inspection gloves: clean, non-sterile, disposable. It is used to directly or indirectly contact the patient’s blood, body fluids, secretions, excreta and items contaminated by body fluids.
3. Cleaning gloves: clean and reusable. It is used to clean the surface of environmental objects without direct contact with the human body.
Possible non-standard use of disposable gloves:
1. The frequency of glove replacement is low, and a pair of gloves can be used all morning.
2. Wear the same pair of gloves to touch specimens, instruments, pens, keyboards, desktops and other laboratory facilities, as well as inspection reports, documents, books, etc.
3. Wear the same pair of gloves for multiple patients to check or collect blood.
4. Wear PE gloves and rubber gloves together, and remove them repeatedly.
5. Wear gloves to answer the phone.
6. The gloves are damaged and not replaced in time.
The reason for this situation is not only the poor safety awareness of medical staff, but also the departmental medical cost accounting advocated by domestic medical institutions and the fine virtue of “diligence and frugality” of the Chinese. Wearing gloves at work can indeed protect individuals, but wearing gloves for a long time or letting contaminated gloves touch other objects at will will bring more terrible environmental cross-contamination, and the harm is immeasurable.
