How to Properly Remove Rubber Gloves
Wearing rubber gloves helps to prevent contamination and the spread of disease. It is important to know how to properly remove the rubber gloves to keep contaminants sealed inside the gloves and off your hands. Follow these steps to safely remove rubber gloves.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Hold your right hand out with your palm facing up.
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Pinch a portion of the glove that covers the inside of your wrist on your right hand. Use the thumb and index finger of your left hand.
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Gently pull the glove down about half way over your palm, revealing the inside of the glove. Do not completely remove the glove. Let go of the glove after you pull it down over the palm.
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Use your right thumb and index finger to repeat these steps on your left hand. This time, you will pinch the outside of glove above the inner portion of your left wrist and completely remove the glove on the left hand. Continue holding the left glove with your right thumb and index finger.
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Pull up a portion of the right glove with your bare left thumb and index finger. Touch only the inside portion of the glove that has already been revealed.
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Remove the right glove by pulling down with your left thumb and index finder. As you pull down, the left glove that has already been removed should fold up inside the right hand glove.
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Dispose of the rubber gloves in a proper container. Gloves that were in contact with certain substances like chemicals and bodily fluids cannot be thrown away in public trash receptacles.
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Tips & Warnings
Practice these steps with clean gloves until you are comfortable with the removal process.
These steps begin with the right hand. You can begin with the left hand by swapping the left and right hand references throughout the steps.
Remember, the goal is to remove the gloves without spreading contaminants. You will need to avoid touching the outside of the glove with bare hands.
