HOW TO DON STERILE GLOVES?

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Perform hand hygiene before
an “aseptic procedure” by
handrubbing or hand washing.
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Check the package for in- Place the second sterile pack- Using the thumb and index Slip the other hand into the
tegrity. Open the non-sterile age on a clean, dry surface finger of one hand, carefully glove in a single movement,
peel bag completely to without touching the surface. grasp the folded cuff edge keeping the folded cuff at
expose the second sterile Open the package and fold it of the glove. the wrist level.
wrapper without touching it. towards the bottom.

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Pick up the second glove by sliding the fingers of the gloved In a single movement, slip the second glove on to the ungloved hand while avoiding any contacts.
hand underneath the cuff of the glove.

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If necessary adjust the fingers Unfold the cuff of the first gloved hand by slipping the fingers The gloved hands must touch exclusively
and interdigital spaces until of the other hand inside the fold, avoiding any contact with sterile devices or the previously-disinfected
the gloves fit comfortably. a surface. patient’s body area.

HOW TO REMOVE STERILE GLOVES?

JOIN THE HAND ­

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Remove the first glove by peeling it back with the fingers of the opposite hand. Remove the Remove the other glove by Remove the glove by turning
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glove by rolling it inside out to the second finger joints (do not remove completely). turning its outer edge on it inside out, ensure that the
the fingers of the partially skin is exclusively in contact
ungloved hand. with the inner surface of the
glove.

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Discard the gloves. Perform hand hygiene after glove removal
according to the recommended indication.

GLOVING PRACTICE – STERILE GLOVES

ACCORDING TO WHO GUIDELINES ON HAND HYGIENE IN HEALTH CARE
IC2712_1020_04.16

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