Medical anatomy and psychology

1. Fundamentals of nursing
Sterile and non-sterile gloves
2022
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2023
Ministry of Health
Al- Samawah Health Directorate
Higher Institute of Health
Department ofAnesthesia

2. Sterile gloves
How to wear gloves
➢
When wearing the first glove, try not to touch it from the outside.
s for wearing the second glove, you can help yourself by
wearing it using your hand that is covered by the
glove.
➢ How to take off gloves
▪ Grasp outside edge near wrist
from hand, turning gloveout-inside
Peel away

3. ▪ Slide ungloved finger under
the wrist of the remaining glove
Peel off from inside, creating a bag forboth gloves
Non-sterile gloves
➢ Wearing steps
▪ Take out a glove from the box.
▪ Touch only a restricted surface of the glove
corresponding
to the wrist (at the top edge of the cuff)
▪ Don the first glove.

4. Takethe second glove with the bare
hand and touch
only a restricted
surface of glove corresponding to the wrist.
▪ To avoid touching the skin of the forearm with
the gloved hand, turn the external surface of the
glove to be donned on the folded fingers of the
gloved hand, thus permitting to glove the
second hand.
nce gloved, hands should not touch anything else
➢ Removal steps:
Peel away
▪ Grasp outside edge near wrist
from hand, turning glove out-inside.
▪ Slide ungloved finger under
the wrist of the remainingglove
Peel off from inside, creating a bag for
both gloves.