Health care workers caring for infectious patients sometimes make mistakes when removing personal protective garments, resulting in contamination of clothes or equipment with antibiotic-resistant ...

Although healthcare workers use gloves to protect both patients and themselves from bacterial contamination, new research suggests gloves themselves may play a significant role in transferring bugs ...

Changing the type of medical gloves used by healthcare workers could help reduce the spread of germs in hospital intensive care units, according to research published in the Journal of Hospital ...

A campaign to reduce inappropriate glove use by staff has saved a trust in London more than £90,000 and prevented 18 tonnes of waste being sent to landfill during its first year. Staff at Great Ormond ...

(Reuters Health) - - Healthcare workers caring for infectious patients sometimes make mistakes when removing personal protective garments, resulting in contamination of clothes or equipment with ...