Use of gloves for antibiotic drawing up

[Wishart, Michael]

[Posted on behalf of Jane Barnett – Moderator]

I receive regular emails from the AICA discussion forum and find them most useful over here in NZ! I have a query which I wonder whether the AICA membership can help with related to the routine wearing of gloves when drawing/making up IV antibiotics. It appears that staff here often wear gloves to protect themselves from accidental contamination with the antibiotics. Is there any evidence to suggest that staff are at risk from this very common practice? It has been highlighted due to the implementation of the 5 moments over here and the need for hand hygiene immediately prior to injection. We have concerns about the increased use of gloves which contain latex (we have not gone totally latex free in this DHB).

Any guidelines/literature that your members have access to on this would be very welcome!

Thanks
Jane Barnett
CNS Infection Prevention and Control
Canterbury District Health Board, NZ
Jane.Barnett@cdhb.govt.nz

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[Wishart, Michael]

Hi Jane

I think there are some antibiotics that can be irritant on skin contact, so maybe this is a generic hangover from a recommendation to wear gloves when handling a specific antibiotic (gentamicin springs to mind). I think you should refer this question to your facility pharmacy, and specifically if you have a formulary available to check what it says about handling precautions for specific anti-infective agents. Maybe some warnings for handling specific anti-infective agents, if required, is all that is warranted.

The other issue is how they are handling the antibiotic, and the risk of skin contact.

The latex glove issue is another thing altogether, and it sounds like you are aware of the need to try and reduce latex glove use.

Sorry I don’t have any specific references.

Cheers
Michael

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[Posted on behalf of Jane Barnett – Moderator]

I receive regular emails from the AICA discussion forum and find them most useful over here in NZ! I have a query which I wonder whether the AICA membership can help with related to the routine wearing of gloves when drawing/making up IV antibiotics. It appears that staff here often wear gloves to protect themselves from accidental contamination with the antibiotics. Is there any evidence to suggest that staff are at risk from this very common practice? It has been highlighted due to the implementation of the 5 moments over here and the need for hand hygiene immediately prior to injection. We have concerns about the increased use of gloves which contain latex (we have not gone totally latex free in this DHB).

Any guidelines/literature that your members have access to on this would be very welcome!

Thanks
Jane Barnett
CNS Infection Prevention and Control
Canterbury District Health Board, NZ
Jane.Barnett@cdhb.govt.nz

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