Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation CADTH. Double gloves for prevention of transmission of blood borne pathogens to patients: a review of the clinical evidence. Ottawa: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). 2012 Authors' conclusions One systematic review was identified which aimed to evaluate the comparative clinical effectiveness of double gloving versus single gloves for preventing transmission of blood borne pathogens from infected healthcare workers to patients. The authors found no trials which provided data on transferred blood borne infections in surgical patients or the surgical team in relation to gloving method. Our literature search found no trials addressing this research question. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Blood-Borne Pathogens; Gloves, Surgicals; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient Language Published English Country of organisation Canada English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), 865 Carling Avenue, Suite 600, K1S 5S8 Ottawa, Ontario Canada Email: htainfo@cadth.ca AccessionNumber 32012000666 Date abstract record published 27/09/2012 |