Non-sterile gloves should be worn to protect yourself when there is likely to be contact with:

• Blood or other body fluid or potentially infectious materials, e.g. placing intravenous cannula
• Mucous membranes e.g. dental examination
• Contact with non-intact skin e.g. wound

Gloves are not needed to:

• Check a patient's blood pressure
• Examine intact skin or for subcutaneous or intramuscular injections