Disposable gloves for disfigured hands NEEDED

[AADA]

For one of our nurse students, having disfigured fingers, we're looking for disposable gloves. So far we're not able fo find a supplier or manufacture. Who is able helping us to finding a supplier or manufacture. We like to use your knowledge and network.

Thank you for helping!

[SmilingBluEyes]

Without giving too much away, can you possibly describe the "disfigurement" a bit? That may help narrow down this person's needs. Also I would definitely post this to the "Disabled Nurses" section for more exposure and response. Mods?

[AADA]

4 fingers are amputated at the basic phalanx, just proximal of the PIP joint. The thumb is normal.

Thanks for your suggestion of the Disabled Nurses section, I was not aware of this section, I'll post the question there too.

[SmilingBluEyes]

Well, that is quite the challenge and I admire and applaud this individual for following their desires to pursue nursing. I am sorry to say, I have no information that will help. But there are a lot of people here who may be able to help. I wish you success in helping this student out and applaud your proactive attitude.

[offlabel]

That's a custom made type deal... find a latex/plastic fabricator custom shop locally. Maybe they can help.

[AADA]

I know, but to find a fabricator, that is the problem. I hope to find fellow sufferers who already found a fabricator who can produce custom made gloves

[dishes, BSN, RN]

There have been threads in the past on the topic of disfigured hands, you can use the search tool in the top right hand corner to find them.

[mrsboots87]

I work with a nurse who has had their whole half amputated. They don't use any special gloves. Just the normal ones all the other nurses use. They just put glove on and shove the nub slightly into the thumb part of the glove to keep it on.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

I work with a nurse who has had their whole half amputated. They don't use any special gloves. Just the normal ones all the other nurses use. They just put glove on and shove the nub slightly into the thumb part of the glove to keep it on.

This ^^^ works 1000% times better with stretchy nitrile gloves than with those stiff plastic types.

[dianah, ASN]

Threads combined.

[SHGR, MSN, RN, CNS]

I could imagine the empty glove fingers getting in the way and flopping around, what about pushing the unused parts to the inside so that most of the finger portion of the gloves are inside out? Just a thought.

[TuesdaysChild]

I actually am an inventor with successful patents. I can tell you the problem you're going to run into with this is mass producibility. There has to be a profit margin in order for a company to get in on it, and this doesn't seem to be a very big opportunity in the industry, although I could be wrong. This seems like a custom one-off type of job. A simpler solution could be to use rubberbands. Put the glove on, then slide a rubberband over the fingers and down to the palm to affix the four empty glove fingers securely to the palm or the back of the hand, depending whether the fingers are folded inwards or to the back of the hand. It's quicker than individually pushing fingers inside out and equally disposable.

Edit: Wide bands would work better than thin bands, which could potentially twist and gradually slide off.