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hello everyone,
i need some input from all of you. i work in a hospice center at this time in my career, have always worked in a hospital. i am now the infection control resource nurse here. we had an inicident where a ca got a talking to by a nurse for wearing gloves in the hall on both hands while carrying dirty linen:nono: . the ca stated she was allowed to wear gloves as long as carrying dirty linen. i was always told "no gloves in the hall!" this was beat into my head:trout: over and over. i have heard it was ok if while carrying dirty linens to wear one glove and have one clean hand and one dirty hand.i am trying to research this for my administrator. i have emailed our local dhec and the infection control dept at our local big hospital (where i used to work). what is your input. 2 gloves, 1glove or no gloves and why????
thank you
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