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Observation Gloves & Sanitation

A little observation of the professionals and their gloves. Case in point Dental Office. The dental assistant puts on his/her gloves. They touch the computer to pull up your file so they can take X-rays. They touch the keyboard, they touch the mouse, get all the slides up. Then they touch the protective vest and put that around you. They prepare the tools that will go in your mouth to get all the digital images of your teeth. Yeah all the items going in your mouth have protective covering. Did they touch those coverings with the same gloves that they touched everything with? They leave go to a room and hit the X-ray button. Same gloves. Touch the computer, touch the mouse, and repeat the process for all the X-rays. Never once changing those gloves that have touched everything. The only one safe from germs and transfer is the person wearing the gloves who have touched everything in that examination room. Should they take the gloves off touch all the equipment, put the gloves back on, p