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Infection prevention and control
Published in Nicola Neale, Joanne Sale, Developing Practical Nursing Skills, 2022
All gloves must meet the European Standard (Loveday et al. 2014). Types of disposable gloves include natural rubber latex (NRL), vinyl and nitrile. NRL is the material of choice due to the degree of protection offered and level of dexterity. To minimise the risk of developing latex sensitivity, NRL gloves must be low protein and powder-free. Staff who regularly use latex gloves must be monitored via occupational health for the development of latex sensitivity.
Pathophysiology behind adipose tissue deposition in lymphedema and how liposuction can completely reduce excess volume
Published in Byung-Boong Lee, Peter Gloviczki, Francine Blei, Jovan N. Markovic, Vascular Malformations, 2019
Two days postoperatively, the garments are removed by the patient under supervision so that the patient can take a shower. The arm is lubricated with lotion. Then, the other set of garments is put on and the used set is washed and dried. Change of garments is repeated by the patient after another 2 days before a hospital discharge. The standard glove and gauntlet are usually changed to the made-to-measure glove at the end of the stay.
Safety
Published in Ian Greaves, Keith Porter, Chris Wright, Trauma Care Pre-Hospital Manual, 2018
Ian Greaves, Keith Porter, Chris Wright
Goggles should provide adequate protection when the risk of splashing is present, and must wrap around the eye area to ensure side areas are protected. Face shields or visors should be considered in place of a surgical mask or goggles when there is a higher risk of splattering or aerosolisation of blood or other body fluids. Gloves must be worn for invasive procedures, contact with sterile sites and non-intact skin or mucous membranes and all activities that have been assessed as carrying a risk of exposure to blood, body fluids, secretions and excretions; and when handling sharp or contaminated instruments (also see Box 2.6).
Experimental evaluation of impact-resistant gloves using surrogate hands
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2023
Faisal M. Alessa, Eduardo M. Sosa
Three types of commercially available gloves were used for impact tests. These gloves were identified as Glove-1, Glove-2 and Glove-3, as illustrated in Figure 4, and often utilized in heavy-duty industries. Glove-1 and Glove-2 were also used during the tests reported by Sosa and Alessa [12], and were selected to facilitate comparison with cadaveric hand data. Also, the selected three gloves are the same as the gloves evaluated in the dexterity and hand strength studies [4,49,50]. The glove sizes were chosen to obtain a snug fit in the surrogate hands and reduce the possibility of material looseness during the impact tests that could distort the force measurements. These conditions resulted in selecting an XL size for Glove-1, and L sizes for Glove-2 and Glove-3, as presented in Table 3. Upon further measurement of the hands wearing the gloves, it was found that despite the manufacturer’s nominal sizes, the glove dimensions for the selected gloves were nearly identical (palm width ∼102 mm or 4 in.). Note that these three types of gloves are manufactured with different designs, material types, thicknesses, and placements and quantities of the TPR protections. Hence, these gloves were expected to deliver different levels of protection. Detailed information on the material type of the selected gloves is presented in Table 4. Also, each glove type was cut into two parts (i.e., dorsal and palmar) to measure the average thicknesses of different regions. Table 5 presents the thickness measurements.
Comparison of surgical gloves: perforation, satisfaction and manual dexterity
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2022
Tulay Basak, Gul Sahin, Ayla Demirtas
Gloves are used as an important barrier during surgery. The use of gloves protects both the patient and the surgical team [3]. But glove puncture problems are frequently encountered during operations. Although studies about glove punctures have generally examined glove puncture rates for surgeons, studies about scrub nurses are limited. It is reported that the surgeon and the first assistant have a higher percentage of punctures in the surgical group. Scrub nurses are team members who work directly with the surgeons. In some cases, they directly assist the surgeon [4]. Glove puncture and tearing of the gloves worn by scrub nurses can occur when scrub nurses are exchanging sharp materials such as suture needles and scalpels with a surgeon. Partecke et al. [5] reported that nurses had the second highest glove puncture rate (20.5%) after surgeons. Another study found a very high rate of perforations of surgical gloves (38.8%) among scrub nurses during emergency surgeries [6]. Thus, scrub nurses are at high risk for blood-borne diseases [4].
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Simultaneously Collected Tear and Throat Swab Samples from the Patients with 2019- new SARS-CoV-2 Infection Disease: A Single Center Cross-sectional Study
Published in Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2021
Ying Yan, Bo Zeng, Zhang Zhang, Cheng Hu, Ming Yan, Bixi Li, Xiaopeng Zhang, Xiao Chen
Throat samples and tears of all patients were collected simultaneously. Throat samples were obtained by cotton swab scraping ministry of epiglottis,and tear samples from both eyes were collected with sampling swab (No.1–9) and with Schirmer’s strip(No.10–35), respectively. For sampling swab, the samples were taken by putting sterile cotton wool sticks into the deep lower fornix of patients’ eyes. For Schirmer’s strip collection, a Schirmer’s strip (Schirmer Tear Test Strips; Liaoning Meizilin Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd) was placed at the temporal canthus of each eye for 5 min without anaesthetic and then removed from the eye. The amount of wetting in millimeters was recorded by observing the location of the leading edge of moisture on the printed millimeter marks. All samples were placed into disposable virus sample tubes. Gloves were changed when collecting specimens in between patients to minimal contamination.