What’s wrong with this picture? Guess to win!
Each week throughout May and June, we’re hosting “What’s wrong with this picture” to raise awareness about correct glove use and hand hygiene. It’s a “what not to do” for glove use! To play just enter your guess as to what’s wrong in the glove use picture into the comments section at the end of the article. Correct answers will be entered into a draw for these prizes:
- One of two $25 gift cards
- A VCH ball cap
- A VCH stainless water bottle
The details
There are eight pictures in all—one each week from May 5 through June 23. Check out each week’s picture, then scroll down to the comment section and post your guess about what you think the glove use error is that’s being shown in the picture. But watch out! One of the photos will show correct glove use!
- Deadline for all entries is June 24.
- Winners will be drawn from correct answers and announced in the June 30 VCH News.
- You must use your real name and a valid email address to comment and enter the draw.
Have fun and don’t forget to check back each week for a new picture!
Need a review on proper glove use?
Check the World Health Organization Glove Use Information Leaflet
Bernadette
The hand sanitizer is applied directly to hands and not while wearing gloves. Gloves should be disposed of once it’s been used
gurmeet
do not reuse gloves and do not use hand sanitzer on them. Gloves are single use only. use sanitzer directly on skin
Bernadette
Why is this person wearing gloves while using hand sanitizer? The hand sanitizer is applied directly to hands before wearing the gloves. And gloves are not to be re-used.
Christine
Gloves are single use only and should be disposed of after one use.
Laszlo Kalmar
Apply hand sanitizer to hand directly after removing glove. Do not reuse gloves.
Sushma
Hands need to be sanitized – NOT GLOVES
Bansi Gandhi
If there is a need for hand hygiene, doing it with gloves on could actually lead to the transmission of germs.
Hand hygeine should occur after removing gloves.
Ros
To reduce the possibility of infection either wear the gloves or sanitize your hands with microsan between patient contact: gloves are meant to be used once only and without microsan
Doris B.
need to dispose the glove before using the hand sanitizer.
Shirley
Use hand sanitizer before and after using gloves. Also in the picture the 5th finger(small finger) wasn’t properly don,it did not fit in the gloves.
Anne
Bottom of hand sanitizer should not be touched and glove should be removed prior to using hand sanitizer
Jess
You can’t use hand sanitizer on gloves, it has to be used on bare skin.
Shereen
Gloves are not to be used withhand sanitizer. Remove gloves and use hand sanitizer prior to gloves and after gloves.
Pamela
Hand sanitizer should not be used on gloves. The gloves should be removed before using the sanitizer directly on the skin.
Emily
Should remove the glove before using the hand sanitizer
Jacob C
Throw away the gloves and use sanitizer on the hands. They are not reusable gloves!
Nancy Desrosiers
Can’t clean dirt! SO happy to see so many responses! Wash hands not gloves!
Pakia Ganapathi
Gloves are single use only. Sanitize hands not gloves.
Bridget
Dispose the gloves and sanitize, do not reuse the gloves!
Amanda
The gloves should be removed and discarded before applying hand sanitizer to your bare hands. Then, if you need to wear gloves again find a clean pair instead of reusing old dirty ones.
Mary Romao
Dispose of the gloves and then use sanitizer on bare skin.
Kathy
Disposable gloves are meant for one-time use. Hands should be cleaned before and after using gloves.
Jillian
Never put sanitizer on gloves. Bare hands are washed then gloved. Santizer is a Plan B approach if there is no water or soap available and in a hospital or facility this should not be the case.
Not sure if this is a patient, staff member or a visitor but:
1. a staff member should know the correct HH protocol.
2. if this is a patient or a visitor they should be advised by a staff member of the correct HH protocol.
Penny
If you are a cleaner, checking to see if there is product in the dispenser, okay wear the gloves.
ANYBODY ELSE – DISCARD AFTER USE DON’T WASH THEM WITH ANYTHING!
Raman
Dipose of the gloves and then sanitize your hands.
Sandy
1-dirty gloves should be remove and dispose
2-sanitize should be on hands
Tina
Sanitize your hand before wearing and after removing gloves. Why sanitize gloves when they are disposable. I hate to say I’ve seen this done by staff – No good reason given for this practice.
Natasha Nasu
Remove gloves first & discard prior to using the hand sanitizer.
charles martens
you don’t have to use sanitizer on your disposable cloves.
scary thing is that there is probably someone in the Organisation that sees nothing wrong with that pic.
Laura Muljiani
You use hand santizer on skin not on gloves. Using the santizer on gloves implies that they are going to be used again and they are a one time only use.
sandy lew
Remove and discard disposable dirty gloves. Use hand sanitizer if no sink is close and available, but full hand hygiene ritual is best practice.
Amy
Improper use of hand sanitizer by wearing disposable gloves. Hand sanitizers are meant for use on bare hands and not on disposable gloves. Also, this is the wrong way of practising hand hygiene based on the hand hygiene standards. This person should also wash hands before and after wearing gloves, come in contact with soiled items, after returning from the bathroom, before and after tending to a patient, before leaving for breaks and after returning from break, before eating, upon entering and leaving the department. This person should also dispose of the gloves and wash their hands before using the hand sanitizer. Disposable gloves are not meant to be used on hand sanitizers. I think of this as cross contamination because I don’t know where those hands have been before touching the hand sanitizer.
Louise
OMG, take those gloves off first! Disposable gloves are just that – disposable! They are not reusable. Take them off, then do the hand hygiene. Wow.
Kylie Naples
Prior to putting on gloves, you must wash or sanitize your hands before donning the gloves. Once you remove gloves, you must wash or sanitize your hands immediately afterwards.
Aleya
We sanitize, wash and clean our hands, not disposable gloves…we dispose of the disposable gloves 🙂
Tina
Hi Folks! Sanitize them hands but without the gloves on – kill the real germs on your bare hands!
Wash, wash, wash! Sanitize, sanitize, sanitize! Equals: Squeeky clean hands! Have a great day 🙂
Sara
You need to remove gloves first before using sanitizer on the bare hands.
Nazia Azam
Medical gloves are disposable and meant for single use. The gloves should be removed before handwashing or sanitizing.
Leanna
Gloves are never cleaned!
Hand hygiene is performed before patient contact and before donning gloves.
Hand hygiene is performed after patient contact and after the doffing of gloves.
Zori Kaneva
Gloves should be taken off after every use and replaced with new gloves. Hand sanitizer is for skin use not for disposable gloves.
Carman
Hand sanitizer should not be used over disposable gloves. Gloves should be one-time use and should be thrown away after used. The hand sanitizer is for our bare hands. Proper hand washing techniques should be used if bare hands are soiled.
Carolyn Summerfield
Never sanitize gloves. Take the gloves off and sanitize your hands!
Felecia Ahluwalia
Hand sanitizer should be used on your skin – not on disposable gloves. Gloves should be changed – not sanitized and reused. Ew!
Teresa
Hand sanitizer shouldn’t be used on disposable gloves. Hands should be sanitized and dried before putting on gloves, and then rewashed or sanitized after removing disposable gloves.
Arri Aruelo
Gloves should be removed before using hand sanitizer or hand washing. Gloves should have been removed after point of care THEN one can use sanitizer on bare hands!
Yolanda Russell
If gloves have been used, remove them before putting sanitizer directly on the hands. Then put on a fresh pair of clean gloves.
ingrid
using hand sanitizer should be done prior to donning gloves… and after glove removal.
Maja Olson
Well, I’m not a clinician, but my understanding is that you should not use the same gloves from person to person. I understand that you should use handsanitizer on your bare hands when the option to use warm water and soap is not available as a first choice, then put gloves on your clean hands.The other thing I wonder about is if the chemical compound in the sanitizer could possibly break down the integrity of the gloves – a double-whammy!
Paula Machado
Hand sanitizer is for skin not disposable gloves! Change the gloves, do not sanitize and reuse!
Denise G
Looks like used gloves (since you would not clean fresh gloves) are touching the dispensing part of the hand sanitizer.
Sarah
One use for disposible gloves. Hand sanitzer is for use on bare hands that are not visibly soiled.
Julian Jamieson
Gloves are one time use. Once used, they need to be disposed of correctly in the correct waste containers. Hand cleaner is to be used on direct skin to skin contact each and every time before and after patient contact. It does not replace hand washing.
Karen Mok
The correct way to use gloves is to first sanitize hands, wait for the sanitizer to dry completely, then put on gloves. HH should also be performed after glove removal due to the possibility of holes in the gloves. Sanitizer should never be used while hands are gloved and disposable gloves should not be reused.
Judy McTaggart
Gloves are for a one time use. I don’t think sanitizer works on any type of glove. You could be spreading bacteria to many surfaces.
Morgan
You shouldn’t use sanitizer on gloves. They should be disposed of, hands should be washed then put on new gloves.
G
Sanitize your HANDS prior to wearing the gloves and after taking it off as the gloves weren’t meant to be used multiple times. Hence why are you sanitizing the gloves?!?! Dispose them!
Laurel
Gloves are for one time use only and cannot be cleaned using hand sanitizer. Handsanitizer is for cleaning hands that do not appear visibly soiled.
Lori Nobes
Don’t use hand sanitizer on gloves.
Danielle
You can’t use hand sanitizer to clean gloves! You need to remove the gloves, wash your hands, then don a new pair of clean gloves, if needed.
Bala Pillay
Gloves should be taken off before using hand hygiene machine.
Liz Fawaz
The person is using a sanitizer with gloves on, why not sanitize your hand or if you’re going to use the same gloves, might as well use another disposable glove.
victor
Shouldn’t sanitize gloves
Monica Jackman
Why would you be washing a pair of disposable gloves unless you were planning to reuse them? Disposable gloves must never be reused…..
Naomi Fraser
Change gloves, do not reuse gloves and do not use hand sanitzer on them…use sanitzer directly on skin
Chuen Hai Lieu
Need to disposed the dirty gloves first before using sanitizer on the bare hands.