Glove use and IV antibiotics

[Fiona De Sousa]

> Hi Michael,
> In my experience most students are taught to glove prior to mixing up any IV medication these days. That certainly wasn’t what I was taught so many years ago and I still find it a strange concept as do a lot of my older colleagues. I do however expect that staff perform hand hygiene prior to mixing IV drugs.
>
> On the pro glove side I always wore gloves when drawing up Erythromycin- I have a sensitivity to it and found out many years ago that skin contact makes me itch and develop a red rash. I have also worked with an RN who was so sensitive to vancomycin that she could not enter the drug room when it was being drawn up as it would trigger an anaphylaxis episode (makes being an acute care nurse tricky). So from a WHS aspect gloves and other PPE could be argued for for certain IV medications – just like we do for chemo- but it may be tricky getting older nurses on board.
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> Kind regards,

Fiona De Sousa
RN – Newcastle Private Hospital
Infection Prevention Service CNS, Cessnock and Dungog Hospital, Lower Hunter Sector
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