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Have you heard of medical gloves? Medical gloves are highly specialized gloves with excellent protection. In this article, you can get the following information:
2. What Material are Medical Gloves made of?
3. What are the Types of Medical Gloves?
4. What is the Difference between Medical Examination Gloves and Medical Surgical Gloves?
5. How to Choose the Size of Medical Gloves?
Medical gloves are disposable gloves used during medical exams and procedures to help prevent cross-contamination between caregivers and patients. Medical gloves protect hands and skin from harsh chemicals, bloodborne pathogens, and other harmful substances.
There are two types of medical gloves: examination gloves and surgical gloves.
Examination gloves are used for direct or indirect contact with patients' blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, and objects obviously contaminated by body fluids. Examination gloves can be sterile or non-sterile.
Surgical gloves are mainly used for operations that require a high degree of sterility, such as surgical operations, childbirth, central catheter placement, and preparation of total parenteral nutrition solutions. Surgical gloves are generally sterile, more precisely sized, have greater precision and sensitivity, and are made to a higher standard.
There are three chief materials for medical gloves: natural latex, nitrile, and vinyl. Each material has its self advantages and disadvantages, which must be considered when choosing which material to choose.
The medical examination gloves will be thinner, shorter, and not individually packaged, regardless of left and right hands. But medical surgical gloves will be thicker and longer, and the cuffs need to be covered. Divide into left and right hands.
In short, medical surgical gloves not only need to prevent cross-infection but also have a certain blocking effect on blood and some germs to prevent blood and germ infection. Examination gloves are mainly used to avoid cross-infection caused by contact.
Of course, to strictly distinguish the difference between medical examination gloves and medical surgical gloves, you can directly look at the outer packaging, both of which belong to regular medical devices, so the outer packaging will also require the formal product name to be written, directly stating " Medical Examination Gloves" and "Medical Surgical Gloves" you can also use this to distinguish.
Generally speaking, the sizes of medical examination gloves are XS, S, M, L, XL, etc., among which S, M, and L are the most commonly used sizes. XS and S are suitable for women with smaller hands, M is appropriate for people with wider palms, and L and XL are suitable for men.
Size | Palm Width(mm) | Minimum Length(mm) | Before Aging | After Aging | ||
Tearing Force(N) | Elongation Rate(%) | Tearing Force(N) | Elongation Rate(%) | |||
XS | ≤80 | ≥220 | ≥7 | ≥650 | ≥6 | ≥500 |
S | 80±5 | ≥220 | ||||
M | 95±5 | ≥230 | ||||
L | 110±5 | ≥230 | ||||
XL | ≥110 | ≥230 | ||||
Medical surgical gloves are often more precisely sized because they are worn for extended periods of time and require particularly high dexterity. The sizes of surgical gloves mainly include 6.0#, 6.5#, 7.0#, 7.5#, 8.0#, 8.5#, 9.0#, etc. Among them, 6.0# are the most commonly used sizes for women, and 6.5#, 7.0#, and 7.5# are the most commonly used sizes for men.
Size | Palm Width(mm) | Minimum Length(mm) | Before Aging | After Aging | ||
Tearing Force(N) | Elongation Rate(%) | Tearing Force(N) | Elongation Rate(%) | |||
6” | 77±5 | ≥260 | ≥12.5 | ≥700 | ≥9.5 | ≥550 |
6.5” | 83±5 | ≥260 | ||||
7” | 89±5 | ≥270 | ||||
7.5” | 95±5 | ≥270 | ||||
8” | 102±5 | ≥270 | ||||
8.5” | 108±5 | ≥280 | ||||
9” | 114±5 | ≥280 | ||||
