Association Between the Frequency of Glove Change and the Risk of Blood and Body Fluid Exposure in Gastrointestinal Surgery

ConclusionThe inner gloves and outer gloves have a higher perforation rate as the wear time increased. To reduce the risk of intraoperative blood and fluid exposure and prevent healthcare-associated infection, gloves should be changed for approximately every 60 –90 min for outer gloves and approximately every 240 min for inner gloves.
Source: World Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research