Randomized controlled trial of glove perforation in single‐ and double‐gloving in episiotomy repair after vaginal delivery

Abstract

The double-gloving method significantly reduced the risk of exposure of the surgeon's hand to the patient's blood, when compared with the single-gloving method in episiotomy repair. There were no differences in the rate of glove perforations compared to the time of operation and level of surgeon.

Reducing Needle Stick Injuries in Healthcare Occupations: An Integrative Review of the Literature

“…The search yielded 6942 bibliographic records and fourteen studies met the inclusion criteria [8, 9, 18, 19, 22–24, 26–28] (see Figure 1 for details). No studies were reported in multiple papers.…”

“…Of the fourteen studies, ten studies evaluated the use of double gloves in preventing needle-stick injuries [8, 9, 18, 19, 22–24, 26–28]. This included eight studies evaluating the use of double gloves [8, 9, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 28], and two studies evaluating variations of double gloving [23, 24, 27].…”

“…This included eight studies evaluating the use of double gloves [8, 9, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 28], and two studies evaluating variations of double gloving [23, 24, 27]. Three studies evaluated the use of blunt needles in preventing needle-stick injuries [5, 20, 21].…”

“…Thirteen out of the fourteen studies were conducted in departments of surgery or of emergency medicine and focused on different operations [5, 8, 9, 18–24, 26–28]. Nine of these studies focused on specific surgical procedures, including laparotomy surgery, nonemergent Caesarean delivery, obstetric laceration, elective gastrointestinal procedures, gynaecologic surgery, visceral surgical procedure, arch bar placement for intermaxillary fixation, episiotomy repair after vaginal delivery, orthopaedic and trauma surgery [5, 8, 18–23, 27].…”

“…Nine of these studies focused on specific surgical procedures, including laparotomy surgery, nonemergent Caesarean delivery, obstetric laceration, elective gastrointestinal procedures, gynaecologic surgery, visceral surgical procedure, arch bar placement for intermaxillary fixation, episiotomy repair after vaginal delivery, orthopaedic and trauma surgery [5, 8, 18–23, 27]. Four studies included general surgeries, which included surgical procedures lasting more than one hour [9, 24, 26, 28].…”