your staff get on board during the trial period. No one likes to feel
left out of an important decision. If a change in gloves will impact
clinical practice — like double-gloving or moving to synthetic
gloves — have education lined up for your staff. Perhaps your glove
vendor can help to meet your education needs by offering educa-
tional content, courses and videos.
5. Keep the trial simple. Surgeons and staff are pressed for time.
Make your trial as quick and convenient as possible. For starters, only
trial a few gloves (but only test one glove at a time — if you put them
all out at once, you'll overwhelm them with choices). To get as many
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Let's say you want
to switch
from
multiple
glove vendors
and types to one vendor and all latex-free gloves,
but you're worried about surgeon and staff resist-
ance. Try this. Conduct your own private trial of
many different types of gloves until you find the one
glove you're confident has the best fit, durability
and cost. Also identify the worst glove you trialed, the too-thin
one that had poor tactile sensation and was prone to ripping and
tearing. Include both gloves in the real trial: the glove you know
they'll love and the glove you're sure they'll hate. Of course, your
docs and nurses will unanimously choose the glove you wanted
all along — but you'll let them think it was their choice.
— As told to Outpatient Surgery by an unnamed source
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How to Rig a Glove Trial
