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Hand protection

J L Gerberding1, E J Quebbeman, R S Rhodes

  • 1University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, USA.

The Surgical Clinics of North America
|December 1, 1995
PubMed
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Surgical gloves primarily prevent pathogen transmission from surgeons to patients. However, they also significantly protect operating room personnel from patient-to-surgeon pathogen exposure and hand contamination.

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Area of Science:

  • Surgical Safety
  • Infection Control
  • Occupational Health

Background:

  • Surgical gloves traditionally aim to prevent pathogen transmission from healthcare providers to patients.
  • Operating room personnel hands are susceptible to injury and blood contamination during procedures.
  • This highlights a dual role for surgical gloves in preventing bidirectional pathogen transfer.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the protective value of surgical gloves for operating room personnel hands.
  • To review existing data concerning glove integrity and contamination as measures of protection.
  • To identify the gap in research regarding actual disease transmission prevention.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current literature on surgical glove efficacy.

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  • Analysis of studies utilizing glove leak and contamination as outcome metrics.
  • Identification of research limitations concerning disease transmission data.

    • Main Results:

    • Existing data predominantly focus on glove integrity (leak detection) and surface contamination.
    • These metrics indirectly assess protection but do not directly measure disease transmission.
    • No studies were found that quantify protection based on actual disease transmission events.

    Conclusions:

    • Surgical gloves serve a critical role in protecting healthcare workers' hands from patient-to-provider pathogen transmission.
    • Current research relies on surrogate markers (leaks, contamination) rather than direct disease transmission outcomes.
    • Further research is needed to measure the effectiveness of surgical gloves in preventing actual disease transmission to personnel.