Now contaminated, these are either pushed back into the box or are discarded, creating unnecessary waste.ģ.
As a result, an estimated 10% of gloves spill onto the floor. To save on storage space and maximise capacity, the boxes are packed so tightly that it is almost impossible to remove one glove at a time. Therefore, even before leaving the factory, these infection control devices risk contamination.Ģ. In countries without strict hand hygiene guidelines, companies employ factory workers to manually peel gloves from their ceramic formers and pack them by hand into cardboard dispensers. Today, traditional glove boxes risk the communication of HCAIs in three ways:ġ. Because examination gloves are a highly commoditised product, their dispensing system has been overlooked and not updated since the 1970s. 3īut while every other object in hospital wards - from door handles to sinks - has been scrutinised and developed to reduce bacterial surface transmission, tissue box-style glove dispensers remain a hotspot for microorganisms. Therefore, for appropriate examination procedures, gloves offer an additional barrier. But even after surgical scrub techniques, the microbial population under the fingernails is above acceptable levels, with studies revealingģ.0 x 10 3 colony-forming units per mm 2. It is appropriate therefore, that hand cleanliness is highest on the list of interventions. Healthcare worker’s hands are the most common indirect vehicle for cross-contamination, accounting for up to 90% of microorganisms’ transmission. With an estimated 300,000 related deaths in the UK each year, healthcare acquired infections (HCAIs) continue to threaten patient health and recovery speeds 1,2 Despite healthcare workers’ best efforts in infection prevention, MRSA, Clostridium difficile, Norovirus and seasonal influenza are still transmitted to patients with weak immune systems caused by ill-health or medical procedure. SafeDon dispenses gloves more effectively
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