Ekachai Kovavisarach1, Charoon Seedadee. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rajavithi Hospital, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of double-gloving in gynaecological surgery. DESIGN: A prospective randomised controlled trial of glove perforation in single- and double-gloving methods. SETTING:Rajavithi Hospital between 1 September 1999 to 31 August 2000. SAMPLE: Eighty-eight (88) and 82 primary surgeons were selected at random to make up single- and double-gloving groups, respectively, while performing total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) with or without bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO). METHODS: The gloves were tested by immersion in water. RESULTS: The glove perforation rate was 6.09% and 22.73% in double-inner and single gloves, respectively, with this difference being statistically different (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference between the glove perforation rates in single gloves (22.73%) and in double-outer gloves (19.51%). There was matched perforation of the same finger of both outer and inner gloves in 1.22% of total double-inner gloves. CONCLUSIONS: The double-gloving methods significantly reduced the risk of surgeons' hands contacting blood, when compared with the single-gloving method, in TAH with/or without BSO.
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of double-gloving in gynaecological surgery. DESIGN: A prospective randomised controlled trial of glove perforation in single- and double-gloving methods. SETTING: Rajavithi Hospital between 1 September 1999 to 31 August 2000. SAMPLE: Eighty-eight (88) and 82 primary surgeons were selected at random to make up single- and double-gloving groups, respectively, while performing total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) with or without bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO). METHODS: The gloves were tested by immersion in water. RESULTS: The glove perforation rate was 6.09% and 22.73% in double-inner and single gloves, respectively, with this difference being statistically different (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference between the glove perforation rates in single gloves (22.73%) and in double-outer gloves (19.51%). There was matched perforation of the same finger of both outer and inner gloves in 1.22% of total double-inner gloves. CONCLUSIONS: The double-gloving methods significantly reduced the risk of surgeons' hands contacting blood, when compared with the single-gloving method, in TAH with/or without BSO.
Authors: Zhenmi Liu; Jo C Dumville; Gill Norman; Maggie J Westby; Jane Blazeby; Emma McFarlane; Nicky J Welton; Louise O'Connor; Julie Cawthorne; Ryan P George; Emma J Crosbie; Amber D Rithalia; Hung-Yuan Cheng Journal: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Date: 2018-02-06