Safety profile of double gloving: a necessity or myth in prevention of accidental prick injury to surgeons
Introduction: Wearing sterile Latex gloves provide an essential protection to both surgeon as well as the patient and thus prevent disease transmission from surgeon to patient and vice versa. The risk of transmission of pathogens such as hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from infected patients to the operating surgeon as well as from surgeon to patient has lead to attention on the reliability of intact surgical gloves in preventing contact with the patient’s body fluids.