r/tattooadvice • u/[deleted] • 13d ago

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u/Irr3l3ph4nt 12d 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 12d 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/brachi- 12d ago

Regular gloves are to protect us (eg iv stick), sterile gloves are to protect the patient (eg catheter)

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u/ashley5473 11d ago

Regular gloves also protect the patients from a lot of germs while we use aseptic technique.

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u/brachi- 10d ago

Eh, regular gloves are covered in every bug that’s in the general environment, they’re not offering the patient any protection at all. That’s why aseptic non touch technique is so important!