> I don't know why you think food service workers aren't constantly putting on new gloves, but doctors and nurses are. Like, if you're cutting up chicken for an hour you're not, but if you're moving from chicken to veggies you absolutely are.

I think that because I was a food service worker and it's impossible to change gloves during a rush. Nitrile gloves and sweaty hands simply do not mix. There are also many more forms of cross contamination than just raw meat to cooked food.

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Eisenstein 5 hours ago | parent [-]

If you don't have time to change gloves how do you have time to wash your hands?

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ceejayoz 3 hours ago | parent [-]

It's much quicker to wash your hands.

Gloves require your hands to be perfectly dry to put on effectively.

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crazygringo 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about.

You can dry your hands on a towel in seconds. I don't know what you mean by "perfectly dry"...? Like, nobody needs to blow-dry their hands before putting gloves on or anything.

	▲	ceejayoz 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I do a medical procedure several times a week that requires gloves. If you don't flap your hands around for 30+ seconds, any remaining moisture from handwashing (or sweat) makes them stick to your skin and you wind up fighting them (and about half the time, ripping a hole). A towel is not enough.