Re: Gloving to Avoid Hand Hygiene

21/02/2019 at 10:31 am #75133 Quote

Donna Schmidt

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Thank you all for some interesting ideas. I will try them out and see how I go 🙂

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Donna Schmidt
Clinical Nurse Consultant Infection Control – Primary & Community Health
Rosemeadow Community Health Centre
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Great ideas Michael.
Another similar activity get them to place their gloves on and apply a 20cm dollop of acrylic paint onto the gloves to simulate soap.
Ask them to pretend to wash their hands for 15 seconds then try and remove their gloves without cross contaminating themselves.
They soon learn that its difficult and always one person has a potential hole or tears their gloves when removing.
Its very visual and they see
a) areas they have missed when washing with the paint and
b) how a small hole can allow germs to remain behind even though they have worn gloves.

Kind Regards

Hi Donna

A couple of simple things spring to mind.

1. Have users wear disposable gloves for a while, simulating normal usage. Plate hands prior to glove wearing, then after. Note how much more growth you get from gloved hands. Washing after glove use is important.

2. Get users to don gloves and flex their fingers, pick up objects, etc. Then dip gloved hands in coloured dye (and flex fingers in the dye) and see how much gets through onto the skin. Gloves develop holes very rapidly in use.

These simple activities are designed to show way it is important not to trust gloves alone, and the effect glove use can have on the active flora on your hands.

You might find a hand care product provider or glove manufacturer will have similar activities they will do with your staff.

Cheers
Michael

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Hello all, the biggest challenge I face is trying to get staff to believe in the risk.

My latest trial is to find an innovative and practical way to make staff realise that gloves do not provide adequate protection. We all know they don’t, but how do we prove it?

Has anyone got tips or suggestions on practical demonstrations or even simple and clear evidence I could use to convince staff that gloves are not the be all and end all?

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