Protective gloves when shopping

Greeneyedgirl

polnan the gel will be active against virus’ if it is at least 60% alcohol content, even if it says “antibacterial”.

Even if masks do not protect the wearer, and there is some evidence that they are more protective of others, if we all wear them we are (unselfishly) protecting each other.

As Greeneyedgirl said! I wonder who said that masks don't protect the wearer? I've never believed it and wore masks from day one. Obviously when everybody else are wearing them as well is bound to help even more, along with all the other measures. Like it or not that's the only way for shops to resume trade (like in Europe).

Yes still sanitising shopping delivery and leaving tins etc in shed for 72+ hours. I haven’t been in any shops except one trip to chemists and I wore mask and gloves. I feel better wearing them so that’s all I need.

I have some thin 'inner' gloves intended for winter. Excellent for getting card out of wallet when shopping and esp when using cash machines, of which I'm very suspicious at the moment. Also when travelling by bus. Don't seem to leave hands particularly sweaty. When I get home I wash hands in normal Happy Birthday way with the gloves still on. Feels perfectly safe for the few times I go out and limited shopping I do. Prob looks a bit odd bit who cares.

I do wear gloves for handling things in the supermarket usually and especially if I’m going on to do something afterwards. So I remove them immediately I’m outside the supermarket and I take them off as recommended so that my hands don’t touch the exteriors and dispose of them appropriately at home. I feel that if you can’t wash your hands straight after shopping, it’s a way of possibly reducing transmission. I also use sanitiser after that although I don’t believe many of them address the actual virus. When I’m home, of course, I’m handling the shopping but I can wash my hands appropriately. In contrast I don’t believe masks protect and have read enough to make me feel that minimum use is a good thing. I will shop as little as possible and do much of it online for the time being.

I keep a pair handy when out shopping in case I need to visit the loo. So far not required but as my trips get longer with more places open I reckon I will need them.

Not to wear. I sanatize my hands before & after entering a shop. Then thoroughly wash when I get home. My hands have never been so clean! I think gloves give a false sense of security & more likely to cause the spread of the virus unless gloves are constantly changed.

No of course not!
What nonsense.

I wear glove in the belief that they protect me more than a mask.. curiously in my supermarket, I’m the only one but about 30% of shoppers wear mask which they then fiddle with, wear under their chins, remove to cough...

I haven't been shopping since lockdown. (Getting cabin fever now). When I do venture out I will wear a Mask and probably gloves, just for peace of mind.

A friend in Italy told me that in their supermarket they are given disposable gloves to wear when entering the shop, even if they are already wearing their own!

When I go shopping I put hand sanitiser on my hands when I get there and rub it over the trolley handle. I was my hands well when I get home to get rid of the sanitiser. I used to wipe down my shopping but gave that up very early on! I seem to have got away with it so far!

Don't wear gloves - pretty pointless when you are just transferring bacteria from one place to another.
Just plenty of anti bac - carry some in my handbag as well and wash my hands as soon as I get home. Wipe shopping down (food mainly) with a bleach solution and anything else gets put on one side for 72 hours.

I don't wear gloves but sanitise regularly. I take an antibacterial wipe to do my trolley so I don't have to touch it unsanitised until I get to the stuff the supermarket set out. I have ordered a shield because I can't stop adjusting the face mask so think it is more dangerous to me than not wearing one.

Since my stroke, and lack of dexterity of movement in my left hand, I can only put gloves on with the help of my teeth!

I wear disposable gloves when in the supermarket - just think how many people have handled the goods before they get to your home.

Wearing disposable gloves is worse than no gloves. The disposable gloves to be effective should be disposed off after touching one item,

Sussexborn
Leaving the nose uncovered defeats the object of wearing them!!

I'm only using one of our village shops while on lock down and I wear a reusable washable mask .They have hand sanitiser at the door to use on your way in and out but I've got my own so I use that instead. I've had a cut on my finger recently so even though it's covered with a clean plaster I've been wearing a latex glove over it when shopping for my own protection more than anyone else.

It stops the virus getting on your hands . I dispose of my in the bin outside the supermarket , when I get in the car it's not on my steering wheel . Plus I think it's respectful for when you are touching items in the supermarket .

Wearing gloves won’t stop you from picking up or spreading the virus, unless you use a clean pair between touching each item.

You need to wash/sanitise your hands anyway between each task even if you wear gloves, because you don’t know that there isn’t a microscopic hole in them. It’s easier to just cleanse your hands and cut out the waste.

Gloves can give you a false sense or security. I watched a lady in the supermarket load her trolley with plastic gloves on, then she took them off - touching the outsides of the gloves with her hands. She unloaded her trolley at the checkout and paid without them on. Then she picked them up and put them back on to wheel her trolley outside.
The others that amuse and dismay me are the mask wearers who do not cover their nose, or in one case, had the mask on his chin, not covering either nose or mouth!!

I wear the gloves when shopping and then we will have to wear the masks. BUT I worry what will happen to all of this used stuff afterwards. Landfill?

Haven’t ventured out to the shops yet. Concerned that people relying on hand sanitisers which may not be effective against coronavirus. My understanding is that they need to contain 70% alcohol - quite a few that I’ve seen only claim to be antibacterial which isn’t good enough.

Seems lots of masks and gloves are already in the sea.

Why don’t people put them in a bin or take them home to dispose of?

GrannyfromWilmslow Many of the antibacterial gels do contain 60% alcohol. You have to check the contents because not all may.

When I started nursing we didn’t wear gloves and it made us very mindful to wash our hands frequently. I have seen nurses, I stress not since coronavirus, using gloves without changing often.

I think they give a false sense of security, and picking different items up in shops you are still transferring contamination, plus they need to be taken off very carefully, and what about the plastic waste we are accruing?