When it’s time to take the gloves off
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When it’s time to take the gloves off

Dinah Gould Independent consultant and former professor of nursing, Cardiff School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies

The pandemic has blurred our thinking about the need for gloves

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a huge increase in the use of gloves, not just in health and care settings but also by the public.

Nursing Standard. 36, 10, 55-55. doi: 10.7748/ns.36.10.55.s21

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