Review: double gloving during surgery prevents perforations of the inner glove, but its effect on infection is unknown
- cross infection
- disease transmission (patient to professional)
- disease transmission (professional to patient)
- gloves (surgical)
- postoperative complications
Q Does double gloving during surgery prevent infection in patients or the surgical team and perforations of the inner glove?
METHODS
Data sources:
Cochrane Wounds Group Specialised Register (includes searches of Medline, CINAHL, and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica) (January 2006), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Issue 4, 2005), American Journal of Infection Control (1990–2000), conference proceedings, reference lists, glove manufacturing companies, and professional associations.
Study selection and assessment:
randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared ⩾2 types of gloving systems worn by members of the surgical team in any surgical specialty. 31 RCTs met the selection criteria. Assessment of methodological quality was based on randomisation, allocation concealment, inclusion and exclusion criteria, baseline comparability of groups, blinded assessment, and power calculation.
Outcomes:
surgical site infection, blood borne infection in patients or surgical team, glove perforations detected by the wearer during surgery, and glove perforations detected at the end of surgery.
MAIN RESULTS
2 RCTs comparing double latex gloves …
