{"id":2094,"date":"2020-08-01T10:23:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T10:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vmedo.com\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2021-12-17T09:55:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T09:55:21","slug":"hand-gloves-covid-19-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vmedo.com\/blog\/hand-gloves-covid-19-essential\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hand Gloves are a COVID-19 essential?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hand Gloves are disposable gloves that are used to prevent cross-contamination between the wearer and\/or the patient during medical procedures or examinations. They are made up of different kinds of polymers such as latex, polyvinyl chloride, nitrile rubber, and neoprene. Hand gloves are a crucial part of an infection control strategy.<\/p>\n

In the amid of COVID-19 pandemic, the use of hand gloves has been considered as a part of a personal protecting kit.<\/p>\n

How do Hand gloves help fight COVID-19?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Till now, according to research, mainly the COVID-19 spread from an infected person through his\/her respiratory droplets. So the major chance to get affected by this virus is to from any contaminated surfaces. So, whenever you touch the surface where the virus may be on, and then touch your nose, mouth, or eyes then you have probably exposed yourself to the virus.<\/p>\n

Also read:<\/span> How Effective are Reusable Cloth masks<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

How long this virus lives on a surface?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, research is still ongoing in every aspect of this virus, including how much time it can live on various surfaces;<\/p>\n

Coronavirus Living time on Surfaces<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Plastic<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00b7 Food packaging<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Water bottles and milk containers<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Credit cards<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Light switches<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Computer keyboards and mouse<\/p>\n

\u00b7 ATM buttons<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Toys<\/td>\n

 3-7 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Metal<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00b7 Stainless steel (door handles, metal handrails, keys, industrial equipment)<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Copper (coins, cookware, electrical wires)<\/td>\n

3-7 days<\/p>\n

4-5 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Paper<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00b7 Paper money<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Letters and stationery<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Tissues<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Paper towels<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Toilet paper<\/td>\n

4 days.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cardboard<\/strong><\/td>\nAny outer packaging<\/td>\n24 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

So, you can’t touch anything these days without taking a layer of precautions. But just having gloves will not give you the ultimate protection or cut the infection spreading completely. This mainly happens when you unintentionally touch anything contaminated with the gloves on and then touch your eye, nose, face, or any other body part with the same gloves.<\/p>\n

Also read:<\/span> How to Select the Best IR Thermometers in India<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gloves are not a permanent replacement or alternatives of hand hygiene:<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The best way to protect yourself and others from this deadly virus is to wash your hand through soap and water, or sanitizers for 20 sec regularly throughout the day. But when you out for any emergency to other public places, you may not be able to clean your hand properly. That\u2019s the situation you need to wear gloves.<\/p>\n

While wearing a hand glove, you have to take care of a few points; without those, your gloves will also spread the germs or virus in a similar way it can spread from bare hand. Do not touch frequently your phone, eye-glasses, purse, or wallet.<\/p>\n

While you are stepping outside, wear gloves. But even if you are properly doing everything to avoid any kind of cross-contamination, you have to take care of removing or properly discarding them.<\/p>\n

There are few right and wrong ways to remove your gloves, and if you are not following them you might end up undoing all the protective advantages.<\/p>\n

Follow these steps when removing your gloves:<\/strong><\/p>\n