35 years as certified surgical technologist, just watched several of these videos, may I congratulate you on doing it right, as so far you are the first to teach it right, and not teach a contamination, and the wrong way to thousands. Well done sir.
"The smiley face faces the person being gowned" It's the little things that make some teachers so great :) Thank you for this video..I'm starting my surgery rotation this Wednesday and this is so helpful!
I’ve seen a lot of surgeons use two different colored gloves so they would know if one has ripped because of a difference in color between the outer glove and inside. Hope this helps for anyone wandering!
I am precepting as I was taught by flipping the glove. I have students that I am checking off that are closed gloving by using the dive in method. I was always told that this is not best practice and not how you should glove. Could you give me some insight and maybe a why behind diving in is or is not appropriate? Thank you in advance for your help.
I'm not sure what the 'dive-in method' is. I'm guessing its holding the fold, rather than the cuff, and pulling the glove onto the hand. If so, I would worry that the thumb of hand A is still in the glove when the fingers of hand B become exposed. While this is still true when holding the cuff of the glove, the thumb is several inches farther away.
Thank you for taking the time to break down in intricate detail, each step, and providing the reasons why each step is important. Another example of the knowledge and skill that it takes to do this correctly. Attention to detail is key to patient safety.
Ha! Yes. There is a lot of manipulation. The intent here is to present a method that definitely works so that students are successful from the start. Then as students build their confidence, the added manipulations naturally drop away.
