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2013-05-20Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-226
The durability of examination gloves used on intensive care units
Hübner, Nils-Olaf
Goerdt, Anna-Maria
Mannerow, Axel
Pohrt, Ute
Heidecke, Claus-Dieter
Kramer, Axel
Partecke, Lars I.
Background: The use of examination gloves is part of the standard precautions to prevent medical staff from transmission of infectious agents between patients. Gloves also protect the staff from infectious agents originating from patients. Adequate protection, however, depends on intact gloves. The risk of perforation of examination gloves is thought to correlate with duration of wearing, yet, only very few prospective studies have been performed on this issue. Methods: A total number of 1500 consecutively used pairs of examination gloves of two different brands and materials (latex and nitrile) were collected over a period of two months on two ICU’s. Used gloves were examined for micro perforations using the “water-proof-test” according to EN 455–1. Cox-regression for both glove types was used to estimate optimal changing intervals. Results: Only 26% of gloves were worn longer than 15 min. The total perforation rate was 10.3% with significant differences and deterioration of integrity of gloves between brands (p
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