Hand protection should be worn when there are potential hazards for skin absorption of harmful substances, chemical or thermal burns, electrical dangers, punctures/lacerations, or to reduce exposure to contamination from handling potentially infectious substances.
While wearing gloves, be careful only to touch materials associated with the task at hand and avoid contaminating yourself or your surroundings. Touching objects such as lab equipment, phones, waste containers, or other surfaces may result in contamination. Be mindful not to touch your face, hair, clothing, etc.
Gloves should not be worn outside of the laboratory.
Disposable gloves should not be reused or disinfected before disposal due to potential exposure in the disinfection process. Disinfectants may also degrade the integrity of the glove material. Disposable gloves should be changed when there is any sign of contamination.
Reusable gloves should be washed routinely and air-dried before reusing them.
