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Donning, Doffing, and Double Gloving

Did you know? Gloves help to reduce risk but may not provide complete protection against hand contamination¹. Wearing two pairs of gloves reduces perforation by 71%. Learn how to help decrease your risk² and how to better protect yourself and patients.

Videos

Research shows double gloving enhances protection, making it essential for surgical staff as routine practice.

Double Gloving: a Standard of Practice in Surgery Video

Watch the video on the reasons why operating theatre staff should double glove

Why O.R. staff should double glove

Ansell's 2014 ACORN Master Class highlights the benefits of wearing two pairs of gloves for enhanced surgical safety.

Good Reasons to Wear Two Pair of Gloves

Double gloving offers superior protection against pathogens, ensuring safer practices for healthcare workers.

Pathogen Protection With Double Gloving

Team of healthcare workers performing assisted donning of surgical gloves when double gloving in operating room

Closed Assisted-Donning

Surgeon healthcare worker performing self-donning of surgical gloves when double gloving in operating room

Closed Self-Donning

Featured Resources

Knowledge Flash: Two-Color Glove System and Evidence for Practice

Quick Facts: AORN Double Gloving Recommendations

Download the Double Gloving Poster

Quick Facts: Make Double Gloving Your Standard Practice

Knowledge flash thumbnail - Infection risks related to gloves

Knowledge Flash: Infection Risks Related to Gloves

AnsellCARES Quick Read Thumbnail - A Surgical Technologists Perspective on Glove Selection

Quick Read: A Surgical Technologist’s Perspective on Glove Selection

Read the Double Gloving Best Practice Clinical Bulletin

Clinical Bulletin: Double Gloving

Double Gloving: a Standard of Practice CE Course

Download the sterile surgical gloves closed donning steps infographic

Poster: Closed Donning Technique for Sterile Surgical Gloves

Poster: Double Gloving Using Closed Self-Donning Technique

Poster - Closed self-donning sterile technique with Ansell's GAMMEX® PI Plus Glove-in-Glove™ System

Poster: Closed Self-Donning Sterile Technique with Ansell’s GAMMEX® PI Plus Glove-in-Glove™ System

Clinical Evidence for Double Gloving

Knowledge Flash: Clinical Evidence for Double Gloving

Global recommendations and guidelines on double gloving

Poster: Global Recommendations for Double Gloving

Thumbnail Double Gloving Standard of Practice CE Course

Self-Study CE Course: Double Gloving, Standard of Practice

Knowledge flash thumbnail - Double gloving best practice

Knowledge Flash: Double Gloving Best Practice

Infection Prevention and Allergy

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Quick Read: Needlestick Fluid Transmission Through Surgical Gloves

Clinical summary thumbnail - Rubber accelerators in medical and surgical gloves

Clinical Summary: Rubber Accelerators in Medical and Surgical Gloves

Selection, Quality, and History

Clinical bulletin thumbnail - A guide to medical glove selection

Clinical Bulletin: A Guide to Medical Glove Selection

AnsellCARES Acceptable Quality Level thumbnail

Acceptable Quality Level

AnsellCARES Knowledge Flash Thumbnail - History of Surgical Gloves

Knowledge Flash: History of Surgical Gloves

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