Jane, Having the teacher wear one pair of gloves and move from pillow to pillow could theoretically transmit a virus from one student to the next. If the teacher puts on a new pair of gloves each time she approaches another pillow it would be fine. Bear in mind that medical professionals advocate hand washing between pairs and that care must be taken in removing gloves so that one doesn't touch the outer surface of the glove with the hands. Properly worn masks are your most important articles.
Kathy Draves My two cents as a retired radiologist On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 4:40 PM Joy Beeson <joybee...@centurylink.net> wrote: > On 8/15/2020 7:31 AM, Jane wrote: > > > But I wonder if it maybe better for the teacher to > > use close fitting disposable gloves. Would it be > > okay to go from pillow to pillow with these? (I'm > > wondering out loud). > > That ever-popular citation "I read somewhere" that for > disease prevention gloves are worse than useless, and > lead to spreading germs around. > > On the other hand, a woman who mans a vendor's booth > said that she wears gloves so that she can wash her > hands after each customer without washing her skin off. > > I do know (i.e. I've read a *lot* of somewheres) that > hand sanitizer is a stopgap for when you can't wash > properly. (But it's better than just wetting your > hands and wiping them on a dirty towel.) > > -- > Joy Beeson > http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ > west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
