Ungloved Non-Dominant Hand

Have anyone had an examination where the examiner only wears gloves on their dominant hand and leave the other hand ungloved? There are a few old instructional videos where this happened and the examiner makes contact with the pubic hair or outer labia with the ungloved fingers.

Never

Never. I've only seen it in porn. It probably isn't best practice.

I’ve had two different hernia checks where the provider only wore one glove. Once was a physician and the other was a male nurse practitioner. The physician not only had me cough twice for each side—once when he inserted his finger in my inguinal canal and the second double cough when he pressed his finger lower on my scrotum and more towards my thigh—but after the hernia check, he then quickly checked each testicle. I was very quiet and was watching as the whole thing began as he was explaining that he would also be checking my testicles. I was looking at him straight in the face as he used his un-gloved finger to point to the side and thus I coughed. He replied, again. Then moved his finger to the second spot. As all of this was taking place, he was explaining that I needed to check my testicles regularly and see a doctor right away if I ever felt something. He then went on to add that physicians were seeing more and more testicular cancer these days. He really caught me off guard when he also added, “well, and a lot more prostate cancer. Especially in younger guys now.“ I replied with a surprised, “really?!” However, I didn’t have the guts to say, “how would I know?” or insinuate that I wanted a prostate exam. I was probably 31 at this time.

In this video, she handled his genitalia without a glove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFlbb9bQjOE

That would depend on exactly what examination was being done and what/where the doctor would be touching or making contact with. It’s not unusual for a doctor to only wear a glove on the dominant hand during an internal examination of a woman if they don’t have reason to make contact with/ touch the genitalia with the ungloved hand. When only palpating the abdomen with the non-dominant hand there isn’t really a requirement for a glove.

That certainly makes sense if the doctor was examining the woman internally to check her ovaries for instance. Two gloved fingers in her vagina and the other hand palpating her abdomen to locate her ovaries and no glove required…

You see this a lot with older doctors, they only use one glove and are quite good at avoiding vaginal contact with the ungloved hand. That said most use two gloves. The oddest thing is the dotor who uses latex gloves for a routine breast exam

I would most likely always use gloves on both hands in play examination. Suppose it depends on preference.