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Glove Usage in the Intensive Care Unit
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Original Research
VOLUME: 20 ISSUE: 3
P: 116-123
September 2022

Glove Usage in the Intensive Care Unit

J Turk Soc Intens Care 2022;20(3):116-123
DOI: 10.4274/tybd.galenos.2021.96158
Nimet Ateş 1
Semra Yurdakul 2
1. Bezmialem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
2. İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi, Hemşirelik Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
3. Bezmialem Vakıf Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
4. Bezmialem Vakıf Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
5. İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi, Hemşirelik Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
6. İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi, Hastane Enfeksiyon Kontrol Komitesi, İstanbul, Türkiye
7. İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi, Hemşirelik Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Received Date: 08.03.2021
Accepted Date: 21.05.2021
Publish Date: 08.09.2022
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ABSTRACT

Objective:

Glove usage is recommended for healthcare professionals to protect themselves and reduce the risk of transmission of biological body fluids that get in contact with their hands from one patient to another. Unnecessary and incorrect usage of gloves increases the risk of cross contamination. This study aimed to evaluate the correct and necessary glove usage in the intensive care unit (ICU) where wearing gloves is not observed.

Materials and Methods:

This is a prospective, cross-sectional and observational study. The study was made in a third level general ICU of a university hospital. Glove usage practice of physicians, nurses and caregivers working in the ICU were determined by observation method. The “5 necessary moments” was observed in the appropriate glove usage. Wearing of gloves when unnecessary was evaluated as “unnecessary glove usage”. Observations were made by the ICU nurse and the infection control nurse.

Results:

A total of 395 observations were made on glove usage. The rate of appropriate glove usage is 67.8%, and misused gloves are 32.2%. The highest rate of correct glove usage was 86.1% (n=101), which was observed in the event of blood and/or body fluid contact. In the same patient, dirty procedures/changing gloves between different regions (n=68) were not performed. Unnecessary glove usage was observed at a rate of 85.1% (n=74). The distribution of glove usage by profession was statistically significant (chi-square: 44.15, p<0.001); however, it was not significant according to gender (chi-square: 2.13, p<0.144).

Conclusion:

Systematic observation of glove usage provided an appropriate evaluation, thus studies about necessary glove usage should be carried out to determine the reasons for healthcare professionals’ behaviour in using gloves to improve correct glove usage and prevent its unnecessary usage.

Keywords: Glove usage, correct glove usage, necessary glove usage, intensive care unit

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