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Complete history and guide to choosing surgical gloves
The evolution of protective operating room attire paralleled the development of aseptic techniques in the latter half of the 19th century. Rubber surgical gloves were introduced not to protect the patient, but to protect the wearer's hands from the harsh, irritating antiseptic solutions and soaks of the 1870s and 1880s. In the late 1890s, Dr. William Halsted, chief of surgery at Johns Hopkins, popularized the use of gloves to protect patients from the bacteria present on ungloved hands. Disposable latex gloves, which were first introduced around 1958, were a welcome innovation that saved countless hours of daily glove reprocessing, repairing and sterilizing. Today, the universal use of disposable medical gloves is well established. |
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Read more... [Choosing and using the right surgical gloves]
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A health union is calling on the government to ban the use of powdered gloves, which have been linked with latex allergies. The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) stopped buying powdered latex gloves two years ago. But the Department of Health admitted that some health trusts might still be using the gloves, rather than buying through PASA. |
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Read more... [Call to ban some latex gloves]
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Black Lightning to rock SEMA Spring Expo at Indy. Black Lightning Nitrile Gloves are receiving national acclaim as the leader in hand protection in the automotive industry. Advanced technology brings features that are required for automotive work. Chemically resistant to oil, solvents and bio-hazards. The innovative nitrile formulation makes the Black Lightning puncture, chemically, and tear resistant. |
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Read more... [Black Lightning Gloves Lights Up the Automotive Industry]
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County workers recently discovered around 48,000 hot mill gloves bound for disposal at John Smith Landfill. They're still in their original packaging, are perfectly usable as normal gloves and are worth about $24,000 in all. |
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Read more... [County Finds 48,000 Gloves in Landfill!!!]
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Although they are “very concerned” about the need to double glove as a means of protection against potential exposure to blood and body fluids during surgery, operating room nurses at this week’s Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Congress in New Orleans report they only double glove 42 percent as much as they think they should.
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Read more... [Survey reveals Double Gloving occurs 42 percent as much as it should]
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How is it that certain Latex Glove makers get away with charging such a high price for their products when there are so many other Brand Name Latex Gloves that cost less and out perform the more expensive gloves? |
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Read more... [Is Microflex the new Microsoft of Latex gloves?]
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Amid mounting concern about allergic reactions, many hospitals are trying to virtually eliminate the rubber-based material, which has long been used to make surgical gloves, catheters and thousands of other medical products. Many hospitals have stopped using the main culprit in allergic reactions -- heavily powdered gloves that release a latex protein into the air when removed. But latex is found in so many products, including adhesive tapes, wheelchair tires, syringes, and rubber vial stoppers, that it's easy to miss items that contain trace amounts. |
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Read more... [Hidden Hazard: Hospitals Target Hidden Latex]
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Jayco Safety Products Pvt. Ltd of India launched a new glove that is really cool and tough. The glove passes EN 374, EN 420 and EN 388 requirements for chemical hazards and has a rolling cuff |
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Read more... [Jayco Safety Products Pvt. Ltd announces new glove]
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Superior Glove (Canada) has figured out a neat way to manufacture knit gloves that reduces "ride up" and makes for a better fitting, safer knit glove. The technique is similar to non-ambidextrous gloves in the formed glove world. Superior calls this technique THT which is short for True Hand Technology. Superior glove is converting appliciable gloves in their current product line to their THT standard, I tried a pair of the Wire Core Rhino Gloves with THT and I could really feel the difference! |
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Read more... [Major breakthrough in String Knit Work Gloves]
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Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are expected to remain a prominent feature in the local natural rubber (NR) glove industry this year. Over the past one year, the number of NR glove companies declined from 50 previously to an estimated 42 players now, as a result of M&As.
If this pace continues, eventually result in only 20 large players in operation. |
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Read more... [More Mergers and Acquisitions for Glove Industry]
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There are often times around the house where a pair of disposable gloves will help save our hands from unnecessary wear and tear. Disposable household gloves usually come in one size and one color, but that doesn't mean there are some standouts that can make life easier and less messy for your hands |
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Read more... [Top 3 Disposable Gloves]
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