What is the appropriate time-interval for changing gloves during surgical procedures

Zentralblatt für Chirurgie
Julian-Camill HarnossOjan Assadian

Abstract

Surgical gloves are an important phys-ical barrier between surgical staff and the pa-tient. They enable prevention of transmission of microorganisms in both directions, from the sur-geons' hands to the patient and vice versa. Besides the duration of wearing and the role within the surgical team, the integrity of gloves depends on the type of surgery performed. Therefore indicator systems and specific material enforcements of gloves at predilection sites are under discussion and furthermore, recommendations have been made for double-gloving during trauma surgical procedures. Because of varying recommendations regarding the changing interval of gloves, changes are often performed rather late or even not at all. The consequence is an increasing rate of glove perforations and an incalculable risk of infections. To elaborate an objective recommendation for the time-interval of glove change, the medical literature was searched in the data bases MEDLINE and PubMed. Various imprecise recommendations were expressed for the time point of glove changing rang-ing from 30 min to 180 min. Only in visceral surgery perforation rates had been correlated with the glove wearing time and the following recommendations of glove changing time points ...Continue Reading

Citations

Mar 17, 2016·Surgical Infections·Jerry Godfrey MakamaEmmanuel Adoyi Ameh
Jun 19, 2016·Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen·S DariusI Böckelmann
Aug 3, 2017·Deutsches Ärzteblatt International·Julian-Camill HarnossAxel Kramer

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