Re: glove use in L&D

From: CheriVH@aol.com
Thu May 16 13:26:23 1996


In a message dated 96-05-16 13:27:18 EDT, you write:

>A nurse manager was asked by hospital management to replace sterile exam
>gloves
>with boxes of non-sterile gloves for vaginal exams on laboring patients with
>intact membranes. After ROM, the patient would be examined with sterile
>gloves
>as usual. The nurses are understandably concerned with issues surrounding
>infection, especially without evidence of gross ROM.
>

At my hospital we use sterile gloves for all vaginal exams on pregnant women in Labor and Delivery. I am not aware of any research on this topic, but enough people present with questionable histories of ROM and/or are found to be ruptured the first time they're examined with no stated history of ROM that I would be uncomfortable abandoning this practice.

Cheri Van Hoover, CNM San Francisco, CA





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