Double [[gloving]] is the practice of wearing two layers of medical gloves to reduce the danger of infection from glove failure or penetration of the gloves by sharp objects during medical procedures. A systematic review of the literature has shown double gloving to offer significantly more protection against inner glove perforation in surgical procedures compared to the use of a single glove layer
((Tanner, J; Parkinson, H (2002). "Double gloving to reduce surgical cross-infection". The Cochrane Library (3): CD003087. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003087. PMID 12137673.))
((Tanner, J; Parkinson, H (2006). "Double gloving to reduce surgical cross-infection". The Cochrane Library (3): CD003087. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003087.pub2)).