This progress report provides an update on the most valuable information that has been discovered during the testing phase. An outline of the final report is presented, as well as a detailed project summary. A chart is provided showing the figures of the phase one trial. Finally a checklist is provided that shows the general desired attributes that doctors look for in a medical glove.
Project Description
Subject. People with latex sensitivity usually do not have any idea that they have a sensitivity. Only by contact with a latex product (Latex balloon, latex gloves, etc) that a person can discover their latex sensitivity. By eliminating latex gloves from medical practices and be replaced with a non-latex based glove will decrease the occurrences
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Each paper on their own cannot fully explain the problem and solution for latex allergies, but when all of the information is banded together a clear result can be determined. Latex allergies have risen in the medical field and an alternative is required. Most patients with latex allergies are healthcare professionals due to the fact that over use of latex gloves can manifest into a latex sensitivity in an individual. I have been unable to confirm a completion date, but at this rate my final report should be completed in the next two …show more content…
By the end of this study we will have definitive proof on how to deal with latex gloves.
Work Completed
I have created a graph that shows the concentration of protein in latex vs Vytex surgical gloves. Each piece of the graph shows a different concentration based on the material and which test case it was. The values on the graph or astonishing. The values have been tested in Vytex Corporation labs in Rochester Minnesota.
The team at Vytex wanted to create a new product designed to be a new standardized source of material for natural rubber products that used a chemical agent to reduce natural rubber allergenic properties. The product that was created was Vytex, this product is natural rubber but treated with aluminum hydroxide. Aluminum hydroxide is a strong base that has a protein binding agent. The end product of this process is Vytex, it has very similar properties to latex. This key feature makes it ideal for health care professionals, who have a sensitivity to latex and for patients who are sensitive to latex.
Figure 1. The protein allergens in Latex vs Vytex in
Professional Safety, 46(10), 20-25. Retrieved April 22, 2014, from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=5367632&site=ehost-live&scope=site McGuire, C. (2011, April). Workplace Safety 100 Years Ago! Safety Compliance Letter(2524), 1-6.
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Decontamination packing and sterilization of surgical instrumentation. 2. Prosing and reposing of procedures reusable medical devices. 3. Cleaning testing assembly, and distribution of movable patient care equipment.
It would not have been acceptable for the medical assisting extern to not wear gloves while cleaning the table. Gloves are needed to prevent contamination and the spread of infectious materials.
There are several benefits to double-gloving that have been supported by recent studies [1-4]. By double-gloving, it has been shown that the transfer of virus to healthcare workers’ hands is significantly decreased, as compared to single gloving [1]. Perhaps the incidence of nosocomial infections could be reduced if double-gloving were a requirement in healthcare settings. In the operating room (OR), double-gloving has been shown to provide superior protection against potential exposure to blood-borne pathogens [2]. Breaking the barrier between an OR nurses’ hands and the external environment was shown to occur in 8.9% of cases in one study in which single-gloving was practiced during surgical procedures [2]. Remarkably, in the same study, it was shown that when double-gloving was practiced, there was not a single case of both layers of gloves being perforated [2]. From the evidence provided in that study, one could assume that when double-gloving is practiced, it is virtually impossible for the hands of a healthcare worker to become exposed to the external environment during a sur...
Whenever someone hears the phrase, “toxic shock syndrome”, they think of tampons. Most people associate this syndrome with tampons because tampon boxes clearly warn toxic shock syndrome as a possible condition that can result in the ...
1). In this study, the researchers were looking at the effectiveness of Teflon vs titanium pistols in the ears from surgery on the stapes (Rajesh et al. 2). One of these prosthetic pieces replaces the stapes inside the ear to increase conductivity of sound within the ear drum (Hain and Micco). All of the patients were suffering from a condition called otosclerosis (Rajesh et al. 1). This condition tends to cause the bones in the ear to lose their flexibility and stiffen (Hain and Micco). In the results of the study, Teflon was the most widely preferred piece, but both Teflon and titanium were shown to be mostly successful in helping the patients hear (Rajesh et al. 7). Teflon's properties such as its chemical resistance and insulation allows it to be used in the body
Prosthetic limbs have been in existence for thousands of years in various shapes and sizes and all have the same core purpose, which is to help improve the lives of people who have either been unfortunate or have lost limbs in accidents and/or wars. Over time, prosthetic limbs have evolved and changed due to changes in technology or an up-rise of different viable materials that humans have access to. The following report will asses the materials and benefits of such, in past and present prosthetic limbs whether they be hands, fingers or legs.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines hand hygiene as, “a general term that applies to routine hand washing, antiseptic hand wash, antiseptic hand rub, or surgical hand antisepsis.” (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2013) The idea of hand washing has been around for centuries. In the mid-1800’s Ignaz Semmelweis established that hospital-acquired diseases were transmitted via the hands of health care workers. After Semmelweis observed physicians and health care workers in the obstetric setting and studied mortality rates he recommended that hands be scrubbed in a chlorinated lime solution before coming in contact with every patient. Following the implementation of Semmelweis’s recommendation mortality rates associated with childbirth fell from seven percent to three percent. Although Semmelweis observation and recommendations were significant fellow physicians and colleagues did not adopt them. The 1980’s posed as a crucial time for health care in the sense of hand hygiene. This was when the first national hand hygiene guidelines were published in the 1980s. In 1995 and 1996, the CDC/Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) in the USA suggested that either antimicrobial soap or a waterless antiseptic agent be use...
We expected all negative controls would show no amplification. However except for the negative control of the control in the second data set, all the other negative control showed amplification which means there were contaminations. The sources of unwanted materials could be from pipetting when the tip of the pipette touched the gloves. Contamination could also occur because the tubes were left open for so long before the samples were added. As a consequence, contaminants might get into the tubes. Fortunately, the Ct values of all the negative controls (except one was undetermined) were significantly higher than that of other’s. Additionally, the difference in ratio of expression between the targeted samples and the positive samples were high (66.56%). From that, we considered the effect of
"Personal Protective Equipment." Rutgers School of Public Health. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. .
Washing of the hands with antiseptic soap after a contact with saliva, open wounds, blood, urine, vomitus or stools. The washing should last for at least 30 seconds. Because of the risk of infection with HIV, protection of the physiotherapist should also include work wear, plastic medical gloves and mask. The physiotherapist should be able to treat each patient as an individual. Human dignity must be respected. Small details such as the use of the first name of the patient, the complete explanation of the whole treatment details and continuous guidance for the patient’s orientation at the place and time are widely applied. The recovering environment of the intensive care unit should include the presence of windows to make the accommodation of the patient more pleasant and help him orientate in time. Applying all that non clinical aspects during the treatment will give a positive outcome on the treatment and together with the experience will make the work much more
While health care is still servicing wooden hands designed in the World War I era, many patients are unsatisfied with the unnatural movements, aesthetics, weight and lack of motion in these outdated prosthetics. Colonel Geoffrey Ling, a program manager for the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) who is overseeing a project to improve prosthetics says, "The best hand prosthetic one can get is a hook, right out of Peter Pan. It's heavy, it's clumsy and cosmetically, it's just horrid."
In addition, healthcare workers’ handwashing technique differs from the one you use at home. It is “important that all surfaces of the hands are cleaned thoroughly to dislodge and wash away pathogens” (Burton & Ludwig, 2015, pg. 261). The spread of pathogens in a healthcare setting happens with high likelihood. Therefore, it is imperative to wash one’s hands in the following situations. First, upon entering the patient’s room, secondly, anytime your hands are visibly dirty, third, between caring for two patients in the same room, forth, immediately after removing your gloves, and finally after touching body fluids, secretions, excretions, or contaminated