Gloves can prevent infection, but their use among student nurses is inconsistent. To explore student nurses’ views of non-sterile glove use in clinical practice, an online survey was conducted and ...

A new study undercuts clinical guidelines that call for the use of expensive sterile gloves to prevent infections during wound care. An analysis of four previous trials found no significant difference ...

SAGINAW, Mich. - Molly Lixey understands fear over the coronavirus pandemic has people taking extra precautions. But there’s a science to doing so properly and she wants people to follow it. RELATED: ...

A scoping review reveals that nurses’ routine use of non-sterile gloves during IV antibiotic preparation offers no proven protection, and may actually undermine infection control, increase costs, and ...

The indiscriminate use of non-sterile gloves in hospitals and clinics is significantly adding to environmental pollution, with little evidence to prove that there are substantial benefits. Subscribe ...

Prof Simon Clarke, a microbiologist at the University of Reading, said that disposable gloves may be more dangerous than simply washing your hands. Writing in The Conversation, he said: "For a better ...

VOORHEES, New Jersey (WPVI) -- The issue of personal protective equipment for health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight is a delicate one. You have nurses trying to protect ...

The provision of dental implants in general practice has rapidly grown in the UK over the past ten years. The increase in patient awareness and expectation, and indeed the GDC's insistence that if ...

Abstract Gloves can prevent infection, but their use among student nurses is inconsistent. To explore student nurses’ views of non-sterile glove use in clinical practice, an online survey was ...

AS the threat from coronavirus continues, people are doing everything they can to protect themselves. But an expert has warned not to use latex gloves as they aren’t sterile and could even spread the ...