Creating a Consensus document for surgical gloving best practice podcast (part 2)
Part two of this podcast discusses the role of the Consensus work in overcoming the challenges of implementing change.
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.
Hands & gloves podcast
Hands and gloves hold many of the critical keys to infection prevention, operating room (OR) efficiency and surgical best practices. Hear more from your peers about OR practices, gloving and other surgical glove-related topics in the podcast series Hands & gloves.
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Gloves | 2 min read Strategies for active OR quality improvement
Using improvement science to drive change in the operating room
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Gloves | 4 min read Double gloving for complete protection
In discussion with surgeons and other operating room (OR) staff, such as surgical nurses, safety for their patients and for themselves is a key concern.
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Gloves | 1 min read Balancing practice and theory in the OR
Swedish OR nurses’ preventive interventions to reduce bacterial growth and SSIs, and to increase comfort in patients undergoing surgery
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Gloves | 1 min read OR sustainability: A holistic system understanding
How do surgical gloves affect sustainability and the global environment?
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Gloves | 2 min read The role of chemicals in medical gloves
Challenges and opportunities with chemicals in surgical gloves: meeting customer expectations
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Gloves | 1 min read The new generation of (NRL) surgical gloves
Surgical gloves and raw materials – time for reappraisal?
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Gloves | 2 min read Protocol to practice: Single to double gloving
How to implement a double gloving protocol in practice
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Gloves | 2 min read Culture of operating room (OR) safety: Double gloving for effective hand protection
Improving surgical gloving practice
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Gloves | 2 min read Cochrane reviews on double gloving
The efficacy of double gloving in reducing the risk of an inner-glove perforation and increase the detection of perforations when they occur has been evaluated in two different Cochrane systematic reviews¹,².
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References
1. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions Version 6.4, 2023. https://training.cochrane.org/handbook/current
2. PRISMA methodology https://training.cochrane.org/search/site/PRISMA%20
3. Risk of bias https://training.cochrane.org/search/site/preventing%20bias%20in%20selection
4. Niederberger M and Spranger J (2020) Delphi Technique in Health Sciences: A Map. Front. Public Health 8:457. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00457