True or False: If you wear gloves, you do not have to wash your hands.
True
False
In addition to proper hand washing, wear disposable medical gloves, certified to NFPA 1999, Standard on
Protective Clothing for Emergency Medical Operations, prior to making any
patient contact.
Keep waterless hand cleaner in your EMS bag.
Immediately after activities involving contact with patient body
fluids, gloves should be removed and discarded and hands should be
cleaned. Gloves must never be washed or reused.
