First ever consensus on surgical gloving best practice

The aim is to:

Raise awareness of best practice in surgical gloving
Change practice
Drive future safety initiatives
Encourage further user-/research-guided product innovation

The outcome recommendations were presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in October 2023 and have been submitted for peer-reviewed publication.

Consensus outcomes

The consensus work has resulted in 10 approved recommendations across all four focus areas, with at least one strong recommendation to change practice in each focus area.

Disclosures

Mölnlycke Health Care provided funding, research support and medical writing for this project. The research was product agnostic and does not attempt to compare different manufacturers’ gloves. The study investigators assessed and analysed results independently. The views expressed are those of the authors and all authors had full access to all of the data in this study.