PocketGuide: Infection Prevention - Table 11. Glove Requirements

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Table 11. Glove Requirements for Common Procedures in Family Planning Settings

TASK OR ACTIVITY	ARE GLOVES NEEDED?	PREFERRED GLOVES^a	ACCEPTABLE GLOVES
Blood pressure check	no
Temperature check	no
Injection	no
Blood drawing	yes	Exam^b	HLD Surgical
Pelvic examination	yes	Exam	HLD Surgical
IUD insertion (loaded in sterile package and inserted using no-touch technique)^c	yes	Exam	HLD Surgical
IUD removal (using no-touch technique)	yes	Exam	HLD Surgical
Norplant implants insertion and removal	yes	Sterile Surgical^d	HLD Surgical
Surgery (minilaparotomy, laparoscopy, vasectomy)	yes	Sterile Surgical^d	HLD Surgical
MVA (using no-touch technique)	yes	Exam	HLD Surgical
Handling and cleaning instruments	yes	Utility	Exam or Surgical^e
Handling contaminated waste	yes	Utility	Exam or Surgical^e
Cleaning blood or body fluid spills	yes	Utility	Exam or Surgical^e

a Although sterile gloves may be used for any surgical procedure, they are not always required. In some cases exam or high-level disinfected gloves are equally safe and less expensive.
^b This includes new "never used" individual or bulk-packaged gloves (as long as boxes are stored properly).
^c If IUDs are supplied in bulk (e.g., Lippes Loop), they must be chemically sterilized or high-level disinfected before insertion.
^d When sterilization equipment (autoclave) is not available, high-level disinfection is the only acceptable alternative.
^e Reprocessed surgical gloves.

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