Why it is so important to wear Medical Gloves?

In the medical and health industry, whether you are a busy doctor or a nurse doing check-ups, wearing medical gloves is so important.

Medical gloves ALWAYS need to be leak and tear resistant, so you'll need to find a reliable medical supply and equipment store to buy your PPE. Visit the Supply Doctor website and order your medical gloves from the comfort of your own home.

Medical gloves are disposable, so they are specifically designed to be worn only once. The main purpose of gloves is to protect patients and health care workers from germs, infection and from coming into contact with certain dangerous substances.

Every time you touch any kind of bodily fluid such as blood, bodily tissues, mucous membranes, broken skin or hazardous drugs - medical gloves need to be worn. Even if your patient seems fine and healthy - ALWAYS wear gloves! 

Wearing gloves is important, but it is even more important that they fit your hand properly. The correct medical gloves should cover the entire hand as well as part of the wrist and be made of either:

Latex
PVC
Nitrile

Caregivers should always wash their hands properly before putting on the gloves and take special care when handling sharp objects.

Gloves can accidentally become ripped or torn, this means that they should be changed immediately and the old gloves should be thrown away. In fact, the golden rule is to NEVER ever reuse gloves!

But how you properly remove gloves?

When you take the gloves off make sure the outside of the gloves do not touch your bare hands. 

Follow these simple steps:

- Hold the top of the right glove with your left hand
- Pull toward your fingertips – the glove should inside out
- Grab onto the empty glove with your left hand
- Put two right hand fingers in the top of your left glove
- Pull towards your fingertips until you have pulled the glove inside out and off your hand. The right glove should be inside the left glove now
- Make sure to throw the gloves away in a proper bin!

It is essential to maintain excellent hygiene when dealing with patients, especially during surgeries and operations. Doctors always need to wear medical gloves to protect the patient from infections during surgeries and maintain hygiene.