love it! I am copying and pasting all of this so by the end I will have a new guidance sheet for my nurses and an advice sheet for the employees. Cheers Sue Susan Gorton | OH Nurse Manager | Occupational Health Department | Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust | Level 3, Ormond House, 26-27 Boswell St., London WC1N 3JZ |Ext 0247 | Ph 020 78138554 | Fax 020 78138355 | Mobile 07833294568 _____________________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 21 October 2011 10:39 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] gloves Sue Would you believe that cotton gloves can still be used without affecting dexterity? There is a very high=tech method of achieving this. It is called a pair of scissors. Just cut off about 1cm of each finger tip. There will still be enough cotton glove to work, but dexterity will be maintained. I have had clients do this on numerous occasions and it has always worked for them Chris Chris Packham FRSPH, FInstSMM, MCMI, MIIRSM, MBICSc EnviroDerm Services Unit 10, Building 11, The Mews, Mitcheldean, GL17 0SN Tel: +44 1386 832 311 (office), Mobile: +44 7818 035 898 www.enviroderm.co.uk ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC‑HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ‑health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi‑bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC‑HEALTH << File: Mime.822 >> ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH