Do Surgical Personnel Really Need to Double-Glove?
ABSTRACT
In 2007, AORN's Recommended Practices Task Force revised the “Recommended practices on prevention of transmissible infections in the perioperative practice setting” to recommend that health care practitioners double-glove during invasive procedures. Previously, AORN had suggested that wearing two pairs of gloves might be indicated for some procedures.
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1Janet Thomas-Copeland, RN, BSN, MA, is the manager of performance improvement at VHA, Southeast, Tampa, FL. As a previous employee of Ansell Healthcare, Red Bank, NJ, at the time this article was written, Ms Thomas-Copeland acknowledges an affiliation that could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest in publishing this article.
ABSTRACT
Do Surgical Personnel Really Need to Double-Glove?
indicates that continuing education contact hours are available for this activity. Earn the contact hours by reading this article and taking the examination on pages 329–330 and then completing the answer sheet and learner evaluation on pages 331–332. The continuing education credits for this article expire February 29, 2012.