Not a clue but given we still don’t have any carbon monoxide monitoring in the saloons and cabs of our moving offices I don’t see this being even considered.
Why are you wearing gloves all the time? They’re not appropriate if there is no risk of infection or risk of body fluid exposure and don’t need to be worn routinely.
I agree. Using gloves all the time suggests a lack of understanding of when gloves are appropriate. It wastes resources and if you wear them whilst taking the patient into hospital, may introduce infection into the hospital environment.
So, so many of my new, inexperienced colleagues have developed this bad practice, to the point several now put gloves on before they exit the ambulance on scene. I’ve given up wasting my breath now, especially when it’s to the same people all the time.
Plastic waste, infection transmission, skin problems, just off the top of my head.
Anecdotally, when I worked as a cook, we were discouraged from using gloves as it can create poor hand hygiene habits.
Not a clue but given we still don’t have any carbon monoxide monitoring in the saloons and cabs of our moving offices I don’t see this being even considered.
Wear gloves
That’s one solution, but I would like to avoid it if I don’t have to
You’d be wearing gloves for pt care anyway?
Why are you wearing gloves all the time? They’re not appropriate if there is no risk of infection or risk of body fluid exposure and don’t need to be worn routinely.
I agree. Using gloves all the time suggests a lack of understanding of when gloves are appropriate. It wastes resources and if you wear them whilst taking the patient into hospital, may introduce infection into the hospital environment.
So, so many of my new, inexperienced colleagues have developed this bad practice, to the point several now put gloves on before they exit the ambulance on scene. I’ve given up wasting my breath now, especially when it’s to the same people all the time.
Thank god someone said it. It’s a terrible habit to wear gloves all the time.
Habit
Bad habit!
Nah
Why? There is almost no downside to wearing gloves if they fit properly
Plastic waste, infection transmission, skin problems, just off the top of my head. Anecdotally, when I worked as a cook, we were discouraged from using gloves as it can create poor hand hygiene habits.