In part two, Dr Brindle acknowledges that different countries will have adopted their own gloving practices. The challenge, as new recommendations for best practice that are entirely based on scientific evidence are introduced, is to ensure they are implemented with a clear explanation of the evidence supporting the need for change. The systematic reviews discussed in this episode will help clarify why the change is necessary to improve the safety of both patients and healthcare providers.
In this episode
Dr Brindle talks about the need for the industry to play an appropriate role in any consensus work, without the intention to interfere with the scientific work itself, but to support and facilitate the work of the experts, resulting in the consensus recommendations.
In this case, Mölnlycke Health Care, as a manufacturer of surgical and critical environment gloves, supported this Consensus work to address the scientific rationale behind surgical gloving best practice. All literature review, creation of statements, voting on recommendations, as well as the writing of the final publications, were handled by the group of professional experts.
