Sterile Gloves and Gowns

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Sterile Gloves and Gowns

• 4-H Veterinary Science
• Extension Veterinary Medicine
• Texas AgriLife Extension Service
• College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical
  Sciences
• Texas AM System
• http//aevm.tamu.edu

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Objectives

• Describe preparation and sterilization techniques
  for gloves and gowns
• Describe the procedure for putting on gloves and
  gowns
• Discuss sources of contamination

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Introduction

• Use in aseptic operations
• Surgical gloves
• Commercially prepared
• Sterile
• Pre-packaged

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Re-using gloves

• Undamaged
• Autoclave
• Steps
• Wash to remove debris
• Air dry
• Dust with talcum powder
• Turn inside out (powder now inside)
• Place in inner glove wrapper
• Gauze pad in cuff
• Sterilize
• 15 lbs pressure, 250F, 30 minutes

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• Gloving techniques
• Dry
• Normally
• Wet
• Remove from sterile wrapper
• Sterile basin with germicidal solution
• When filled, force in hands
• Excess solution is forced out
• If tears, throw out

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Gown Precautions

• Dont touch front surface or objects
• Keep sterile

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Gowning Steps

• Remove gown from bundle
• Hold at neck and unroll
• With back of gown towards wearer, shake out and
  unfold
• Assistant holds collar at left tie string with
  right hand, wearer inserts left arm
• Assistant holds collar at right tie string with
  left hand, wearer inserts right arm
• Assistant ties and adjust gown
• Wearer extends arms upward until done
• Tying gown
• Assistant stands directly behind
• Places hands on shoulders and inside gown only

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• After gowning ready to glove

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Gloving Steps

• Open outside glove wrapper prior to scrubbing
• Lift left glove with right hand, holding glove by
  turned down cuff
• Place left hand into the glove (dont turn down
  cuff)
• Left gloved hand then reaches under the turned
  down right cuff of the right glove and steadies
  it as right hand is inserted
• By reaching under turned down cuff, pull glove up
  snuggly and unfold cuff over sleeves of the gown

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• Removing surgical gloves