This document provides instructions for gloving and degloving procedures. It describes how to properly put on sterile gloves using either a closed or open gloving technique to avoid contamination. Key steps include unrolling the glove cuff over the sleeve and not touching the bare hand to any external surfaces. It also explains how to remove gloves by the glove-to-glove method to ensure the bare skin does not contact the contaminated outside of the soiled gloves. The overall goal is to protect healthcare workers and keep sterile areas free from pathogens.

1. GLOVING AND DEGLOVING
PROCEDURE
--- RIYA SANJAY BAGHELE

3. GLOVING:-
Gloving is defined as the putting on of a pair of
sterile gloves to protect ones own hand from
pathogenic micro organisms and to avoid
contamination of a sterile area by hand. Gloving is
the process of wearing gloves.
Hand hygiene coupled with the use of
protective gloves, is a key component in minimizing
the spread of disease-producing microorganisms and
maintaining an infection-free environment.

4. Purpose:-
• To protect the nurse from the pathogenic microorganisms.
• To safely use her hands to handle without contaminating any
objects.
Indications:-
• Contact with open wounds.
• For strict aseptic diagnostic procedures.
• Nurse or health personnel with any cut injury in hands or
fingers.
• Handle with infected materials like blood, urine etc.
• For surgical procedure and delivery procedure.

5. General principles for gloves use:-
• All staff should wear appropriate gloves prior to contact with
blood, body fluids, secretions or excretions from any patients.
• A separate pair of gloves must be used for each patients to
avoid cross contamination.
• Wearing gloves does not replace the need for hand washing.
Sterile gloves may be put on in two ways:-
• By closed gloving technique
• By open gloving technique

7. A. Closed gloving technique
1. Lay the glove palm down over the cuff of the gown.
The fingers of the glove face toward.
2. Working through the gown sleeve, grasp the cuff of
the glove and bring it over the open cuff of the sleeve.
3. Unroll the glove cuff so that it covers the sleeve cuff.
4. Proceed with the opposite hand, using the same
technique.
5. Never allow the bare hands to contact the gown cuff
edge or outside glove.

9. B. Open gloving technique
1. Pick up the glove by its inside cuff with one hand. Do not
touch the glove wrapper with the bare hand.
2. Slide the glove onto the opposite hand. Leave the cuff
down.
3. Using the practically gloved hand, slide the fingers into the
outer side of the opposite glove cuff.
4. Slide the hand into the glove and unroll the cuff. Do not
touch the bare arm as the cuff is unrolled.
5. With the gloved hand, slide the fingers under the outside
edge of the opposite cuff and unroll it gently, using the
same technique.

11. Degloving (Removing the Gloves):-
The cuffs of the gloves usually tum down as the
gown is pulled off the arms. A glove-to-glove, then skin-
to-skin technique is used to protect the clean hands
from the contaminated outside of the gloves. The gloves
should be removed so that the bare skin does not come
into contact with the outside of the soiled gloves.

12. Procedure:-
1. Grasp the cuff of the left glove with the gloved fingers of the
right hand and pull it off inside out.
2. Slip the ungloved fingers of the left hand under the cuff of the
right glove and slip it off inside out.
3. Discard the gloves in an appropriate receptacle.
4. Wash hands.