Felt sick over customers wearing disposable gloves when shopping

[noggla]

Do they not understand that this is worse for germ cross contamination than bare hands? Doctors, nurses, anaesthetists, dentists, vets etc change their gloves with every patient or more often if a messy job.

Shoppers with disposable gloves touch hundreds of stuff, face, money, cards etc.

This particular couple I saw wearing disposable gloves which had holes in the knuckles. This is caused by sweat breaking down the material in the DG. Then as they left the shop, they took off their gloves with their teeth and popped them into their coat pockets. That made me feel sick

I do wish someone would tell them that their protection is rubbish. I would love to see their faces on showing the results of Petri dishes with their gloves being swabbed v hands washed 15 mins earlier.

Wearing the same gloves isn’t any worse than using are bare hands without washing them for the same period. Provided you’re changing or sanitising the gloves regularly, wearing them for a prolonged period isn’t a big problem.

The reason exam-type gloves are sometimes called “disposable” is simply to illustrate that they are thin and not designed the last for a long period without developing rips or holes. It’s a comparison against reusable gloves such as marigolds.

The main benefit of gloves over hand washing is (i) gloves also protect the wearer if you have any small cuts or grazes (eg from gardening) and (ii) if you need clean hands but aren’t near washing facilities, you can simply remove or change the gloves.

Kids with shoes on is the least of your worries with trollies. Birds/foxes, other wildlife all over them overnight. Teenagers/adults climbing all over them, riding in them, pissing on them. Staff using them for storage if non good items...

kids shoes...meh.

In a medical setting, yes.

You can wash them by keeping them on and washing gloved hands with soap and water then drying with a towel, remove and re-use as needed until they tear.
I wear them and clean them this way at home.

But you're missing the point. If you're touching everything with them and keeping them on all the time, they're the same as your hands.

Don't touch your face.
They are obv trying to protect their hands, I think.