Weird meds

[Naomimillerrr]

0Have you guys ever given the factor 8 med? It comes in a 10ml syringe and pharmacy doesn't say anything about double gloving so idk if it's a harmful agent to touch and the nurse giving it didn't use gloves. Do you use gloves for all IV push meds? Or just the PO's?

[klone, MSN, RN]

I don't use gloves for IV or PO.

[ixchel]

I don't use gloves for IV or PO.

Me, neither, unless the package is stubborn and I know I'll touch the med trying to open it.

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

Our policy is to glove for anything related to IVs. Depending on the med, I will glove for a PO, most times I do anyway. I was taught never to touch a med with my bare hands.

[dirtyhippiegirl, BSN, RN]

"Double gloving" does nothing and can actually be harmful as the friction of the gloves rubbing against each other can cause tears. One pair of gloves will do.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

Factor VIII is a blood product. You should wear gloves. One pair- one glove per hand. And we always wear gloves when handling IVs.

[klone, MSN, RN]

I don't touch PO meds with bare hands. It goes from the blister pack directly into a cup or the patient's hand.

[ixchel]

Ahhhh blood products, I wear gloves.

[Karou]

I wear gloves for all IV meds. I don't think it's usually necessary, but I do it more for the patients sense of safety and cleanliness. I don't don gloves just for po meds, but often I already have them on anyway because I am hanging an antibiotic or what not, so I leave them on.

Now that I think about it, I am rarely not wearing gloves when in a patients room.

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

PO meds go from package to cup, and I don't wear gloves for that. I don't glove for drawing up meds for IV, IM, or SQ, but I do for administering them.

The only exception is chemo precaution meds (which in my work settings are usually hormones, not chemo, like aromatase inhibitors) and any patches (whether coming off or going on).

[dudette10, MSN, RN]

Does anyone else feel like their freshly washed or gelled hands are cleaner than wearing gloves? I often feel as if I'm going from clean to dirty as soon as I put on gloves. How many people have rummaged through the glove box without gelling or washing?! Ewwwwww.

[wtbcrna, MSN, DNP, CRNA]

"Double gloving" does nothing and can actually be harmful as the friction of the gloves rubbing against each other can cause tears. One pair of gloves will do.

Actually, double gloving is quite common in surgery and procedures to help prevent undetected tears, minor needle sticks, and infections. Is double-gloving really protective? A comparison between the glove perforation rate among perioperative nurses with single and double gloves durin... - PubMed - NCBI