Amasht Hygiene E-news | February 2012   Glove Use Policy The impact of wearing gloves on adherence to hand hygiene policies has not been definitively established since published studies have yielded contradictory results. Several studies found that Health Care Workers (HCWs) who wore gloves were less likely to cleanse their hands upon leaving a patient's room. In contrast, other studies found that HCWs who wore gloves were significantly more likely to cleanse their hands following patient care. Another study found that the introduction of gloves increased the overall compliance with hand hygiene.   This summary of evidence is from The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care, May 2009. The use of gloves does not replace the need for hand hygiene by either hand rubbing or hand washing. Wear gloves when it can be reasonably anticipated that contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials, mucous membranes, or non-intact skin will occur. Do not wear the same pair of gloves for the care of two patients. The reuse is not recommended.   Glove Use Disposable gloves are recommended for two main reasons: • To reduce the risk of contamination of HCWs hands with blood and other body fluids         • To reduce the risk of spreading germs to the environment and transmission from the HCWs to the patient and vice versa, also from one patient to another         Hand hygiene is required with glove use when:   • An indication for hand hygiene precedes a contact which requires glove usage, hand hygiene should be performed before donning gloves         • An indication for hand hygiene follows a contact that has required gloves, hand hygiene should occur after removing gloves         An indication for hand hygiene applies while the HCWs wearing gloves, and then gloves should be removed to perform hand hygiene.   Article Source: http://www.hha.org.au/About/GloveUsePolicy.aspx     Eating a naturally healthy breakfast every morning makes you less likely to suffer a heart attack. Vitamin E is the strongest anti-oxidant. It provides necessary oils and makes hormones work in the body. Without vitamin E we lose the ability to fight free-radicals. If you don't want to receive this newsletter, please click on ′unsubscribe′ Amasht Paper Hygiene Products Pvt. Ltd., S.No.23, Thergaon, Pune 411033. email: amasht@vsnl.com    www.amasht.com Please click here if you can′t view the newsletter properly.