Moist environment under glove caused by sweating. Glove juice may contain resident microorganisms from deeper skin layers that may pass through possible glove punctures during surgical procedures and enter sterile body cavities of the patient with...

The occlusion effect (Latin: occludere, pp. occlusus = to close up, shut up) occurs when the emission of sweat or heat through the skin is blocked – particularly when the recommended wearing time of protective gloves...

The resident skin flora is the physiological skin flora, also known as colonising flora. It comprises bacteria such as Staphylococcus epidermidis, propioni and corynebacteria, which do not have a pathogenic effect on the skin...