As I said in my last post I do use gloves and wouldn't put my finger in a 
baby's mouth without coverage.  Heather to me it is not an issue of asking not to 
use them -  I know that I am free of virus' and illness' but I do not know 
that this baby or the mother or even the father is.  Some people are HIV 
positive and we would never know this   -  I cannot be the only one thinking this 
way, I know I live in NY  but AIDs is still everywhere. I will not even touch the 
moms pumped milk without gloves either for same issue  or not to contaminate 
the milk either.  
Donna Kimick 
Intern LC 
Long Island NY 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Date:   Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:15:51 EST
> From:   Heather McFerrin-Dana <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Gloves and consults
> 
> Mary,
>     This is such a good question. It just came up at our last staff
> meeting but we never decided on the best answer. We all carry finger cots on 
> home
> visits. I always wash my hands immediately before handling the baby then ask 
> if
> the parents would prefer I wear a cot if I am doing an oral exam. One of our
> consultants brought up the point that the cots are latex and this could be
> quite a problem if there was a latex allergy. We debated about using 
> nonlatex
> gloves but we all feel the bare hands are better too. Does anyone else use 
> the
> cots? What about this Latex allergy question? Also, do you think it is okay 
> to
> ask the parents permission to not use any gloves at all? Heather Dana


 Donna
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"There's no Place Like Home"

"It's the lucky baby, I feel, who continues to nurse until he's two."
Antonia Novello, MD, MPH, DrPH
Surgeon General 1990-1993



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