Surgical Glove Perforations In an operating theatre, surgeons, operative assistants and scrub nurses are at risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens from surgical glove perforations. Research shows that the average time for a perforation to occur in operating theatres is 69.8 minutes (Guo et al. 2012), with the rate increasing substantially for surgeries greater than …

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It’s easy to overlook basic safety practices that are simple and repetitive. Proper donning and doffing of disposable medical gloves is one of those practices. The key concern is creating a barrier between wearers’ skin and contaminants, pathogens or other hazardous materials. Healthcare workers, for instance, need a barrier between themselves and patients’ blood, skin …

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