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Gloves off
Wearing gloves for clinical contact: always assess the risk
BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4996 (Published 06 August 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l4996
- Walid Al-Wali, senior consultant medical microbiologist, chairman of infection prevention and control1,
- Firas Ali Al Rubaiy, consultant in family medicine2
- 1Department of Medical Microbiology, Al-Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Al-Wakra, Qatar
- 2Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- walmeeto{at}hotmail.co.uk
Nurses at Great Ormond Street Hospital are campaigning to reduce the use of non-sterile gloves.1 Wearing gloves has two benefits. It prevents contamination of hands and subsequent transmission to other patients, thus breaking the …
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