Barrier Durability Of Latex And Vinyl Medical Gloves

Barrier Durability of Latex and Vinyl Medical Gloves in …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15428119791012487

New gloves, regardless of material of manufacture, were found to have leakage rates of 2% or less. Two brands of nonsterile vinyl gloves were found to have an …

Medical Gloves | FDA - U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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In-use barrier integrity of gloves: latex and nitrile superior …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10511487/

This study compares the performance of gloves made of natural rubber latex, long considered the gold standard; polyvinyl chloride (vinyl), a synthetic copolymer; and nitrile …

Vinyl versus latex gloves as barriers to transmission of

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2703958/

Abstract. One type of vinyl and seven types of latex gloves without visual defects were tested with respect to their barrier function against high concentrations of three viruses of …

Abrasion resistance of medical glove materials - Walsh

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jbm.b.10055

For example, multiple authors have studied leakage of both latex and nonlatex gloves after clinical use, 1-5 simulated use, 6-10 or directly out of the box. 11 …

Permeability of latex and vinyl gloves to water and blood

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2774291/

Abstract. Two thousand four hundred medical gloves were evaluated for leakage. Types of gloves examined (number of brands) included sterile latex (seven) sterile vinyl (four), …

HEALTH SAFETY - latex gloves

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The use of medical gloves with effective barrier performance provides one such safety measure. In view of the availability of many types of medical gloves today, and that not all gloves offer the same degree of barrier …

Abrasion resistance of medical glove materials - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14689500/

This study examines durability characteristics of various glove materials by abrasion resistance testing. Natural rubber latex (latex), polyvinyl chloride (vinyl), …

Do latex gloves expire? What is the shelf life of medical …

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Latex is a natural polymer that is commonly found in flowering plants, however the latex used in medical gloves come from rubber trees. Latex is a common glove material, but due to the natural proteins in latex, …