Antimicrobial Gloves

Year 2017, Issue: Issue 1(2) - 3. INTERNATIONAL BIOCIDAL CONGRESS, 10 - 10, 01.02.2017

Musa Şahin Mehmet Gökdeniz Muhsin Akbaba

Abstract

Transmission
of organisms by contact of gloves with surfaces following contact with a
pathogen source has been recognized as an important vector for pathogenesis of health
care-associated infections.On the other hand perforations of surgical gloves
are common and increase with the duration of glove wear. Percutaneous injuries
associated with cutting instruments, needles, and other sharps (eg, metallic
meshes, bone fragments, etc) occur commonly during surgical procedures,
exposing members of surgical teams to the risk for contamination by blood-borne
pathogens. The CDC has estimated that more than 1,000 injuries involving sharp
objects occur daily in US hospitals, placing health care workers at risk for
blood-borne pathogens, including HIV, HBV, and HCV. In attempt to reduce the
transmission of organisms by gloves and protect health workers from the risks
of glove perforation, recent studies have focused on antimicrobial gloves.
There are different types of gloves whether the external surface,the middle
layer or both external and internal surface is antimicrobial-coated. Charles E.
Edmiston, Jr et al suggest that antimicrobial glove was effective at
significantly reducing the risk for blood-borne virus(HIV) transfer in a model
of simulated glove perforation. M. Kahar Bador et al showed that use of
antibacterial medical gloves significantly reduced bacterial contamination.
Georg Daeschlein et al showed in an experimental research with Staphylococcus
aureus and Brevundimonas diminuta species that microbial passage across
surgical gloves can be reduced significantly using antimicrobial glove
technology. Ruth Reitzel et al showed that antimicrobial gloves potentially
provide an additional means of protection against horizontal transmission of
common pathogens in a hospital setting. Ojan Assadian et al suggest that the
use of antimicrobial gloves decreases the risk of surgical site infection.
These findings supports that the use of antibacterial medical gloves can reduce
the cross-contamination in hospitals

 

 

Keywords:
antimicrobial
gloves, biocide, public health

Keywords

Antimicrobial Gloves

References

• Musa Şahin, Mehmet Gökdeniz, Muhsin Akbaba Cukurova University Medicine Faculty, Public Health Department, Adana