Double Gloving

Started by yorkiepoo
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Do you double glove?

  • Yes- usually

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • No- never

    Votes: 30 88.2%
  • Depends- only with patients w/ HIV, HepB, HepC etc

    Votes: 3 8.8%

  • Total voters
    34
You're just wasting twice the number of gloves (and money). Doesn't matter if its a normal pt vs Hep/AIDS pt. You treat them both the same way... using universal precautions. You can't treat one patient any differently than you do another.
 
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Pretty sure a needle will go through one or two gloves. You already lose enough tactile sensation with 1 set of nitriles. And dont you always assume a pt has an infectious blood borne pathogen? Isnt that the point of sanitary procedure in general?