A common question patients ask is whether nurses and or other medical staff be wearing gloves when giving allergy shots (or other forms of immunization). According to the CDC : "Gloves are not required when administering vaccinations, unless persons administering vaccinations are likely to come into contact with potentially infectious body fluids or have open lesions on their hands." [ link ] As such, the practice of wearing gloves is left up to the discretion of the person a…