To protect yourself from coronavirus from people in different countries wear in public places a protective mask and disposable latex gloves. However, British experts warn that such gloves can actually be much more harm than good.
One of the employees of Public health England told The Independent newspaper that people are concerned about the transmission of infectious diseases, should “give priority attention to good personal hygiene, particularly hygiene of the respiratory system”. The experts believe that such means of protection as gloves, provide people with “a false sense of security”. According to them, that handwashing with soap is the best precaution to protect against coronavirus.
the fact that latex gloves are made essentially of a porous material. And, the longer a person walks in them, the easier it is for bacteria to get inside. That is why physicians after each use gloves to wash their hands thoroughly and treat them with a disinfectant.
a Doctor from the National health service UK (NHS) Dr. Karan Raj even specially recorded a video in which he said that wearing of gloves, in his opinion, may do more harm than good. He noted that this measure of protection, on the contrary, contributes to the spread of the virus.
This surgeon, who has more than 85 thousand followers on TikTok (on this platform hosted on his “exposing” video), explained why people might not want to wear gloves when they leave their homes during a pandemic coronavirus.
“You come to the supermarket in the gloves and start to touch things, he says. You continue to touch to more things during the day in these gloves. Germs are everywhere. You accumulate them. Now on your glove microbes more than could be on hand if you just washed it every time.”
the Questionable efficacy of disposable gloves in everyday life – it’s not so bad.
for example, Deutsche Welle quotes the therapist Mark Hunefeld from Bremervörde (lower Saxony). The doctor in the social media actively encourages people not to wear in daily life medical gloves: “warm and moist environment under the gloves willingly breed bacteria. And after removing gloves, if not disinfected, you hold formed a sewer. Congratulations!”.
About the dangers associated with wearing of disposable gloves, The Sun was told by the microbiologist from University of reading, Professor Simon Clark.
“it is Important to remember that most gloves that come in large packages, are not sterile, increasing the risk of cross contamination and the spread of the disease,” said the Professor.
With��IMON Clark added that gloves should be worn only to doctors and nurses during the operation to protect the hands from blood, bodily fluids or certain drugs.
“the One thing that hand washing is unlikely to bring any benefit if the health worker was exposed to toxic chemotherapeutic drug or virus transmitted through blood, said the microbiologist. In any case, you need to remove gloves when they become contaminated. And never use the same pair of gloves for touching more than one patient.”
Professor Clark also warns that outside medical institutions people who get something passed, can several hours to wear gloves, even if they are already dirty.
“for Example, the person who just cooked your hamburger, first held raw meat with gloves, and then gave you a cooked product, wearing the same gloves, says Simon Clark. Fact is, if someone touched a contaminated surface with a gloved hand, he just as likely will pass the infection as someone who was not wearing gloves”.
According to the Professor, in principle, the wearing of disposable gloves is a convenient way to minimize pollution and keep our hands clean. However, they must be worn only when the person is simply no way wash your hands, or when only one wash is not enough to prevent chemical or biological contamination.
