PubMed · 7778580
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F S Rhame. 1995. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9343(99)80029-1
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In an illustrative sequence of exercises, we teach our students how to don, use, and take off sterile gloves correctly and how to wash hands properly. During this sequence, the effect of a good handwashing technique as well as the effect of failures in aseptic technique with gloves is made directly visible by the use of finger paints. This technique helps medical staff to visualize microbial contamination of the hands and to increase the awareness of breaks in aseptic technique.
Gloves are increasingly promoted for use by healthcare workers, but this use is not without risk. Data associating powdered gloves with an increased risk of latex allergy is available and there is circumstantial evidence that the powder used may increase bacterial environmental contamination. In animal models, corn starch, the material used as glove powder, promotes wound infection. Infection control teams need to be aware of this evidence and should support switching from use of powdered to powder free gloves.
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