Animals & Nature6 mins ago
Blood Tests
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should the phlebotomist wear gloves when taking your blood, as this is the second time the same person wasn't wearing them, i asked and he said it wasn't always necessary, or that they can't feel the vein if wearing gloves?
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The member of staff has no idea - body hygiene amiss. You get them around food too and it is awful to see. You dont want to say something so he uses the biggest needle on you! so as mentioned I think I'd be giving some feedback to someone on the way out. I definately would. I have a few contacts who are OCD and they wouldn't have been able to go through with the blood test...
18:48 Mon 20th Jan 2014
"or whether its safer for the bloke to have worn gloves, clean hands might have helped.."
It seems to be that you have been given lots of comment on this issue, all of which is quite clear. Wearing gloves is a recommended practice by international health authorities, but their wear is principally to offer protection to the phlebotomist, not as a hygiene measure for the patient.
The important caveat here is hand hygiene, which absolutely should be adopted between patients, and if you ever have problems with someones hygiene in those circumstances, you should raise that issue with the person concerned.
As to the wearing of gloves in the health organisations in the UK - that is largely down to individual trusts whether this is adopted as a routine principle of for high risk patients only.
It seems to be that you have been given lots of comment on this issue, all of which is quite clear. Wearing gloves is a recommended practice by international health authorities, but their wear is principally to offer protection to the phlebotomist, not as a hygiene measure for the patient.
The important caveat here is hand hygiene, which absolutely should be adopted between patients, and if you ever have problems with someones hygiene in those circumstances, you should raise that issue with the person concerned.
As to the wearing of gloves in the health organisations in the UK - that is largely down to individual trusts whether this is adopted as a routine principle of for high risk patients only.
A few months ago I was reading about Ignaz Philip Semmelweis, and this article seems to fit in with this thread. Remember, his ideas preceded Pasteur. He had many, many detractors, in fact one noted obstetrician, Charles Meigs, arrogantly postulated "That doctors are gentlemen, and it is not necessary for gentlemen to wash their hands"!
http:// en.wiki pedia.o rg/wiki /Ignaz_ Semmelw eis
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Gloves are being used less and less in care homes, too. Hands are washed, but gloves make little difference unless you have open cuts on your hands. They certainly aren't going to protect anyone from a needlestick injury. I think people have been scared into being overcautious about the real risks of cross-infection.
http:// en.wiki pedia.o rg/wiki /Open_A ll_Hour s
Sorry stewey, just my odd sense of humour.
In the link above scroll down and read under GRANVILLE.
Sorry stewey, just my odd sense of humour.
In the link above scroll down and read under GRANVILLE.