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Postoperative Integrity of Veterinary Surgical Gloves

From the Departments of Clinical Sciences (McLaughlin) and Basic Sciences (Boyle), College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Department of Agriculture and Biological Engineering (Elder), College of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 6100, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762 and the Department of Clinical Sciences (Hedlund), School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803.

A multicenter, prospective study was performed to document the incidence of defective gloves postoperatively in veterinary surgery and to correlate defects with a variety of influencing factors. Gloves were collected after surgical procedures performed by the small animal clinical services at two veterinary teaching hospitals and one institution’s student surgery laboratories. Gloves were evaluated for defects using electrical resistance testing. The overall incidence of glove defects was 23.3%. Significantly more defects occurred in gloves used for nonsoft-tissue procedures and in gloves worn on the nondominant hand. Eighty-four percent of all defects occurred in procedures lasting >60 minutes. No differences were detected in the brands of gloves used nor among surgeons of different experience levels. The individuals performing the surgery were not able to accurately predict the presence of a defect in their gloves. Surgeons should remain alert for possible glove defects and consider measures such as changing gloves every 60 minutes or double-gloving to minimize potential complications.

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