What should be done immediately after removing gloves?

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What should be done immediately after removing gloves?

Cleaning hands right after removing gloves is essential to prevent transferring any germs that may have been on the glove surfaces to your skin or to the next patient or surface. The outside of gloves can be contaminated, and the act of removing them can spread those microbes to your hands. Doing hand hygiene immediately lowers the risk of cross‑contamination and is done before touching anything clean, before touching a patient again, or before donning a new pair of gloves. Re-gloving should come after your hands are clean; otherwise you risk trapping germs on clean hands. Rinsing the mouth or just sitting down don’t address the infection‑control risk in this step.

Cleaning hands right after removing gloves is essential to prevent transferring any germs that may have been on the glove surfaces to your skin or to the next patient or surface. The outside of gloves can be contaminated, and the act of removing them can spread those microbes to your hands. Doing hand hygiene immediately lowers the risk of cross‑contamination and is done before touching anything clean, before touching a patient again, or before donning a new pair of gloves. Re-gloving should come after your hands are clean; otherwise you risk trapping germs on clean hands. Rinsing the mouth or just sitting down don’t address the infection‑control risk in this step.

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