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HAND-HYGIENE-CLINICAL5 MIN READ

The Glove Myth Correction

Use a respectful correction when gloves are being treated as a substitute for hand hygiene.

Priya needs to interrupt a glove-myth miss before an aseptic cannula touch. The setup: gloves are coming on before the clean reset. I'll just glove up quickly. fromTop The risk: the gloves touched the environment first. fromBottom The recovery: reset before the aseptic touch. Good catch. I'll reset before the site. Let's reset before the cannula site - hands first, then fresh gloves. Strong. It names the next safe action and links it to the aseptic task without blaming the colleague. You cannot touch anything once you put gloves on. Too broad and shaming. The principle is narrower: once gloves…

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