Weird meds

I don't use gloves for IV or PO.

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.

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.

"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.

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

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

Ahhhh blood products, I wear gloves.

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.

The only med I double glove for is nitro paste if I am massaging it in, like for half-dead vasopressor hands/feet where we are trying to use nitro to restore circulation before declaring those fingers and toes total losses. I do NOT want to get nitro paste on myself and I want a layer of non-nitro gloves to touch the patient with afterwards.