Protect Your Hands With Disposable Gloves (NAPSA)— Disposable gloves are an important item for every household. Besides protecting your hands from grit, grime and daily dirt, they can also help prevent the spread of germs. Disposable gloves can be an important part of home health care. In homehealth care in particular, wearing disposable gloves reduces the risk of infection by forming a barrier between the caregiver and the patient. Wearing gloves can reduce the risk of diseases such as AIDS from infecting the caregiver through cuts, abrasions, burns or broken skin. They can also protect the patient from germs that might be present on the caregiver’s hands, germs the can further compromise the patient’s health. Kimberly-Clark Health Care, a leading manufacturer of highquality disposable gloves, recommends that consumers wear gloves during patient care, as well as during many everyday activities, such as household chores, gardening, pet care, polishing shoes, automotive maintenance and dishwashing. Kimberly-Clark offers latex, nitrile and vinyl disposable gloves. For more information, contact Kimberly-Clark Health Care at (800) KC-HELPSorvisit the Web site at www.kchealthcare.com/retail.
