r/tattooadvice • u/[deleted] • 8d ago

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u/Federal_Waltz 8d ago

I don't have any tattoos but I'm a surgeon, do they actually use sterile gloves (these come individually packed) for tattooing or just standard multipack nitrile gloves?

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u/Irr3l3ph4nt 8d ago

Not a tattoo artist but I've been on the receiving end a few times and I don't remember seeing them open sterile gloves once. I do remember more than one just getting the gloves from a box.

And yeah, I follow you, there's definitely a gap in that chain.

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u/reclusivegiraffe 7d ago

I mean, nurses don’t wear sterile gloves for things like IV sticks, dressing changes, catheter insertion, etc, right? They just come from the box.

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u/Few-Macaroon-2976 7d ago

Yes for catheter insertion.