What should you do before removing your gloves to ensure safety?

Before removing your gloves, washing your gloved hands is essential to ensure safety for several reasons. Firstly, washing helps remove any pesticide residues or contaminants that may have come into contact with the gloves. This step is critical because even if you are wearing gloves to protect your skin from harmful substances, contaminants can linger on the surface.

By washing your gloved hands, you minimize the risk of transferring any hazardous materials to your skin or other surfaces once the gloves are removed. This practice is part of proper personal protective equipment (PPE) protocols and promotes hygiene and safety in pesticide application.

While shaking your hands vigorously or applying a disinfectant might seem like methods to clean or sanitize, they do not effectively reduce the risk of transferring contaminants once gloves are removed. Air drying your gloves does not contribute to cleaning the hands and may inadvertently allow residue to remain when you take them off. Therefore, washing your gloved hands is the most effective and safest practice before glove removal.