Comparison of nitrile gloves and nitrile over Nomex gloves
| Autor: | Lauri Bolton, Thomas A Nowicki, Kenneth J. Robinson, Lenworth M. Jacobs, James Marcelynas, Deirdre Cronin Vorih |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Engineering
medicine.medical_specialty Nitrile InformationSystems_INFORMATIONINTERFACESANDPRESENTATION(e.g. HCI) Emergency Nursing Patient care chemistry.chemical_compound Qualitative analysis Intravenous catheter Task Performance and Analysis medicine Humans Quality of Health Care business.industry Air Ambulances technology industry and agriculture Consumer Behavior equipment and supplies Surgery Consumer satisfaction body regions chemistry Elastomers Health Care Surveys Emergency Medicine Physical therapy Patient Care business Gloves Protective |
| Zdroj: | Air medical journal. 28(6) |
| ISSN: | 1067-991X |
| Popis: | Objectives Aeromedical flight crews must perform many tasks in flight requiring manual dexterity and fine precision. A common perception is that safety-enhancing fire-retardant gloves compromise patient care if worn during such tasks by providing added bulk and barrier to the hand. This study is a quantitative and qualitative analysis of this possible compromise to patient care. Methods Sixteen practicing flight nurses and respiratory therapists were asked to perform 10 different standard patient care tasks while wearing either nitrile gloves or a nitrile-Nomex glove pair. Tasks were timed, rated as completed successfully or not, and were subsequently judged subjectively by the participants. Results Whereas the time required to insert an intravenous catheter and to insert a central line while wearing only nitrile gloves was significantly faster than when wearing both gloves, the time to perform all other tasks was not significantly different. In subjective ratings, the nitrile glove alone was scored significantly better than the two-glove combination by the study participants. Conclusions Comfort, dexterity, tactile discrimination, and ease of use were all adversely affected by wearing a Nomex glove under a nitrile glove. Although the differences in times for most tasks may not be clinically significant, the difference in the subjective parameters may be great enough to cause helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) practitioners to not wear Nomex gloves under nitrile gloves while performing procedures. |
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