Heather: WE ALL WANT TO BE
SAFE WHEN IT COMES TIME TO
VENTURE OUT OF OUR HOMES FOR
ESSENTIAL ITEMS.
WHAT EXTREMES DO WE NEED TO GO?
HERE WITH TIPS WITH O.S.F. HEART
OF MARY MEDICAL CENTER IS
DR. KAUFFMAN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY, DR. KAUFFMAN.
Guest: GOOD MORNING.
Heather: WELL, GOOD MORNING.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
MISCONCEPTION AROUND WEARING
LATEX GLOVES WHEN IT DOMS DOING
SHOPPING OR EVERYTHING OUTSIDE.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING TOPIC.
I NOTICE PEOPLE AROUND TOWN
WEARING GLOVES FOR SOME OF THOSE
THINGS AS AN EXAMPLE THAT YOU
GAVE.
WHICH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN THE
CURRENT CONTEXT OF THIS COVE
INDIVIDUAL EPIDEMIC.
WHAT OCCURRED TO ME, IT MADE
SENSE IN THE REASON PEOPLE WEAR
GLOVES FOR THE MOST PART TO
PROTECT THEIR HANDS, WHETHER
IT'S FROM CHEMICALS OR HEAT OR
SHARP OBJECTS OR DIRT.
THEY'RE DOING IT TO KEEP THAT
THING OFF THEIR HANDS.
THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS
SITUATION, IS THAT THERE'S
REALLY NOTHING DIRECTLY BAD
ABOUT HAVING CORONAVIRUS ON
ONE'S HANDS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
ABSORB THROUGH THE SKIN.
IT ABSORBS THROUGH MUCUS
MEMBRANES, MOUTH, NOSE, EYES.
THAT'S HOW IT GETS THROUGH YOUR
BODY.
NOT BY THE SKIN.
THE PROBLEM WITH HAVING
CORONAVIRUS ON YOUR HANDS, YOU
USE YOUR HANDS TO TOUCH OTHER
THINGS AND SPREAD IT TO OTHER
PLACES WHERE IT CAN BE
TRANSMITTED TO OTHER PEOPLE.
OR YOU CAN SPREAD IT TO YOURSELF
TOUCHING YOUR FACE.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR
HANDS, AND YOU TOUCH YOUR FACE,
YOU HAVE NOW TRANSMITTED THAT
CORONAVIRUS TO NEAR YOUR MUCUS
MEMBRANES AND YOU MAY GIVE
YOURSELF COVID-19.
Heather: LET ME GIVE YOU AN
EXAMPLE WHAT I'VE NOTICED.
WHEN I'VE GONE OUT AND SHOPPED
AND DONE MY ESSENTIAL STUFF AND
I SEE EMPLOYEES WEARING GLOVES,
SHOULDN'T THEY BE LIKE SWAPPING
OUT GLOVES WITH EVERY CUSTOMER?
OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES?
THEN, ISN'T IT DEFEATING THE
PURPOSE OF PROTECTING THE
CUSTOMERS?
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
Guest: I THINK YOU'RE
EXACTLY RIGHT.
PEOPLE CONSIDER THEMSELVES
BULLET-PROOF OR COVID-PROOF WHEN
THEY'RE WEARING GLOVES.
BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING THAT
TRANSFERS THE VIRUS.
YES, GLOVES ARE USEFUL IF YOU
TAKE THEM OFF OR SANITIZE THEM
AFTER COMING INTO CONTACT WITH
SOMETHING CONTAMINATED.
YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH
YOUR BARE SKIN ON YOUR HANDS.
THAT'S WHY EVERYONE IS
ADVOCATING HAND WASHING OR
SANITIZING.
CONTINUALLY TOUCHING THINGS
CONTINUES TO SPREAD THE VIRUS
AROUND BECAUSE IT SITS ON THE
LATEX GLOVES RATHER THAN THE
SKIN.
YOU CAN CLEAN THE SKIN.
Heather: LET'S TALK ABOUT
WEARING THE MASKS.
THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE RULES
OFFER WHATTING THE GLOVES I
GUESS.
Guest: RIGHT.
SO GLOVES IN PUBLIC ARE NOT
RECOMMENDED.
MASKS NOW HAVE COME TO BE
RECOMMENDED.
THEY WEREN'T INITIALLY.
THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS AGAIN HOW
IT'S SPREADING.
PEOPLE WEARING MASKS AREN'T
PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM THE
ENVIRONMENT.
THEY'RE PROTECTING THE
ENVIRONMENT FROM THEM.
AND THE REASON THAT IS IMPORTANT
WITH -- WHICH I'LL COME BACK TO.
THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT WITH
THIS PARTICULAR VIRUS IS THAT WE
FOUND THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO
SPREAD THIS VIRUS AROUND BEFORE
THEY EVEN BECOME SYMPTOMATIC.
THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM INFLUENZA
WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE
SYMPTOMATIC, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN
YOU'RE SICK.
WHAT WE FOUND IS 20% TO 50% OF
PEOPLE INFECTED WITH THIS
CORONAVIRUS, ARE ABLE TO SPREAD
IT AROUND PRIOR TO THE ON SET OF
SYMPTOMS.
PEOPLE MAY BE WALKING AROUND AND
HAVE THE CORONAVIRUS AND THEY
MAY BE JUST BREATHING AND
SPREADING IT AROUND.
THE BENEFIT OF WEARING A MASK IS
PREVENT YOURSELF FROM
UNKNOWINGLY SPREADING THE VIRUS.
PEOPLE WEARING MASKS AREN'T
PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM
GETTING THE VIRUS, BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO HIT THEM IN THE EYES
AND COME INTO THEIR BODY.
THEY'RE PREVENTING THEMSELVES
FROM SPREADING IT OUTWARD
THROUGH THE WORLD.
Heather: LET'S SAY WE CAN'T
CONVINCE A FEW PEOPLE ABOUT NOT
WEARING GLOVES AND THEY DECIDE
THEY'RE GOING TO WEAR THEM, SO
BE IT.
IS IS THERE A PROPER WAY TO TAKE
THEM OFF?
Guest: THAT'S AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION.
ONCE YOU HAVE THE GLOVES ON,
PRESUMABLY, THE OUTSIDE OF THE
GLOVE IS CONTAMINATED.
TO TAKE THEM OFF, TAKE YOUR
DIRTY HAND, THE OUTSIDE THAT HAS
THE GLOVE ON, GRAB THE GLOVE,
PULL IT OFF SO YOU'RE STILL
HOLDING THE OUTSIDE, DIRTY SIDE.
NOW YOU'VE GOT YOUR CLEAN HAND,
REACH UNDER THE CUFF OF THE
OTHER GLOVE TO THE INSIDE AND
PEEL IT OFF.
Heather: AND PROBABLY WASH
YOUR HANDS THEN GOOD AFTERWARDS.
Guest: EXACTLY.
Heather: ALL RIGHT.
GREAT TIPS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
THOSE.
AND HELPING US ALL TO STAY SAFER
WHEN WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT.
WE APPRECIATE IT:
Guest: THANKS FOR HAVING ME
ON.
APPRECIATE IT.
Heather: ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU NEED ANY OF THOSE TIPS
FROM DR. KAUFFMAN, WE'LL HAVE
THEM ON www.CILiving.tv.