Why COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Wear Gloves | Health

It was explained that wearing gloves was not part of the protocols of the COVID-19 vaccination program.

The protocol is for the vaccinator to disinfect the hands after each process and wash the hands intermittently.

According to Ghana’s Presidential Health Advisor Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, “it’s the most important thing to do”, disinfecting hands and washing hands intermittently.

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Intramuscular (IM) injection is the recommended route for COVID-19 vaccines.

He said to ensure that vaccines are safe and effective, a new needle and syringe should be used for each injection as well as hand hygiene before vaccine preparation, between patients, when changing. gloves (if applicable) and whenever the hands are soiled.

“Gloves are not necessary unless the person administering the vaccine is likely to come into contact with potentially infectious bodily fluids or have open lesions on the hands. If worn, perform hand hygiene and change gloves between patients, ”he says.
Ghana’s COVID-19 mass vaccination program kicked off in Accra on Monday morning with President Akufo-Addo, his wife Rebecca, Vice President Bawumia and his wife Samira taking the first hits.

It marked the start of the deployment of 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from Tuesday March 2 to Monday March 15, 2021 by the Ghana Health Service (GHS).

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Gloves

However, on social media, a conversation started about why the vaccinators who administered the injections to President Akufo-Addo, Dr Bawumia, Ms Rebecca Akufo-Addo and Ms Samira Bawumia were not in gloves. .

When Graphic Online contacted Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, the Presidential Health Advisor, he explained that “the vaccinator had disinfected his hands. This is the most important thing to do ”.

Ms. Samira Bawumia taking her first COVID-19 vaccine at Accra Police Hospital on Monday March 1, 2021.

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