Surgical glove consensus statement – Implications for an operating room nurse | CNOR Deb Spratt

In this episode Mr. Nathan Coombs discusses his personal experience of implementing recommendations from the systematic review of surgical gloving best practice in clinical setting. The clinical practice recommendations include the four different areas of glove fit, double gloving, indicator systems, glove damage and change. In this episode Mr. Coombs shares with us which of the various recommendations that were implemented, how that was done what obstacles were encountered and finally how these were resolved. To learn more about this topic, please go to https://www.molnlycke.com/

Deb Spratt shares with us her insights and experiences on the importance of having a broad cross functional representation of staff categories in a consensus work, if you are hoping to see an impact on behavioral change. To learn more about this topic, please go to https://corporate.molnlycke.com/biogel/hands-and-gloves-podcast/ This podcast is produced by Ljudmagi.

Mr. Nathan Coombs discusses the challenges around surgical gloves and maintenance of the aseptic barrier between the surgical team and the patient. Variations in glove practice may have safety implications and may also contribute to glove contamination and glove damage. To learn more about this topic, please go to https://corporate.molnlycke.com/biogel/hands-and-gloves-podcast/ This podcast is produced by Ljudmagi.

In this episode Dr Kurt Wharton discusses the effect of double gloving on the glove perforation rate during surgery and also takes a closer look at the use of surgical glove indicator systems used to identify glove breaches. To learn more about this topic, please go to https://corporate.molnlycke.com/biogel/hands-and-gloves-podcast/ This podcast is produced by Ljudmagi.

In this episode Dr Sunny Chatterjee discusses the challenges related to surgical glove fit, glove sizing and hand performance as well as hand health in relation to the fit of surgical gloves. To learn more about this topic, please go to https://corporate.molnlycke.com/biogel/hands-and-gloves-podcast/ This podcast is produced by Ljudmagi.

In this episode Dr Andreas Enz discusses his own investigation and evaluation of damage,impacting sterile natural rubber latex surgical gloves during different types of surgical procedures. To learn more about this topic, please go to https://corporate.molnlycke.com/biogel/hands-and-gloves-podcast/ This podcast is produced by Ljudmagi.

Over the last decade, research studies from all over the world have demonstrated that glove damage during surgery occurs at frequent time points, across multiple surgical specialties, and impacts surgeons as well as OR nurses and scrub technicians. In this second episode Dr Tod Brindle takes us to the end of the journey on how to create a consensus document for best surgical gloving practice. Look out for more episodes when other clinical experts reflect on this topic. To learn more about this topic, please visit https://corporate.molnlycke.com/biogel-surgical-gloves/hands-and-gloves-podcast/ep8-creating-a-consensus-document-for-surgical-gloving-best-practice---part-2/ Produced by Ljudmagi.

Over the last decade, research studies from all over the world have demonstrated that glove damage during surgery occurs at frequent time points, across multiple surgical specialties, and impacts surgeons as well as OR nurses and scrub technicians. Today we have Dr Tod Brindle with us and this episode will focus on how to create a consensus document for best surgical gloving  practice. Dr Brindle is expanding his thoughts in the following episode, so don’t miss that. To learn more about this topic, please visit https://corporate.molnlycke.com/biogel-surgical-gloves/hands-and-gloves-podcast/ep8-creating-a-consensus-document-for-surgical-gloving-best-practice--part-1/ Produced by Ljudmagi.

How sustainability is defined changes all the time. For healthcare, getting to shared definitions and standards for what sustainability means will determine how the industry meets its sustainability targets. Guest Toby Cobbledick dives into the aspects of sustainability, more specifically environmental and social effects of products like single-use surgical gloves. The industry needs to speak the same language in terms of measuring and sharing data in the same way, and using it to get a complete understanding of how healthcare impacts the environment. To learn more about this topic, please visit: https://corporate.molnlycke.com/biogel-surgical-gloves/hands-and-gloves-podcast/or-sustainability-a-holistic-system-understanding/ Produced by Ljudmagi.

The challenges of glove manufacture became even more challenging when allergies to proteins in natural rubber latex (NRL) appeared. But with more careful manufacturing, NRL may be on the road to recovery. To learn more about this topic, please visit: https://corporate.molnlycke.com/biogel-surgical-gloves/hands-and-gloves-podcast/surgical-gloves-and-raw-materials/ Produced by Ljudmagi.