PULSE Magazine | April 2020 Issue

ATCEMS CE Captains Produce Video Demonstrating Proper Removal and Disposal of Used Gloves As we see more and more people in our community utilizing gloves while performing their essential activities, our ATCEMS CE team would like to share the proper way of removing and disposing of your used gloves. 1. Perform hand hygiene. (Wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. If soap and water aren't available use an alcohol based hand sanitizer.) 2. Pinch the outside of the glove about an inch or two down from the top edge inside the wrist. 3. Peel downwards, away from the wrist, turning the glove inside out 4. Pull the glove away until it’s removed from the hand. 5. You may dispose of the first glove or hold the inside-out glove with the gloved hand. 6. With your gloveless hand, slide your fingers under the wrist of the glove, do not touch the outside surface of the glove. 7. Repeat step 3. Peel downwards, away from the wrist, turning the glove inside out. 8. Continue pulling the glove down, away from the wrist, turning the glove inside out 9. If still holding first glove, pull down and over the first glove. This ensures that both gloves are inside out, one glove enveloped inside the other, with no contaminants on the bare hands. 10. Dispose of the gloves in a proper bin. 11. Perform hand hygiene including front and back of forearms up to elbow. (Wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. If soap and water aren't available use an alcohol based hand sanitizer.) The technique shown in the video is below:

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