Disposable Exam Gloves
Disposable examination gloves offer the user personal protection when engaged in a broad range of activities in the lab, workplace or out in the field, and also help prevent contamination of the workplace itself or any materials or equipment being handled there.
What are disposable exam gloves used for?
- Personal protection in the laboratory, especially when handling biohazardous materials or aggressive chemicals
- Maintenance of cleanliness standards in cleanrooms and other controlled environments
- General use in clinical environments
- General handling or inspection of raw materials, components, or final product in the wider industrial workplace
Disposable examination gloves are sold in a range of materials, sizes and colours, with other options such as sterile or non-sterile, powdered or powder-free, standard or extended cuff and plain versus textured surfaces all offered to best fulfil user preferences. Disposable glove dispensers are also available to help store gloves safely and hygienically.
What are the different types of disposable exam glove?
- Latex Exam Gloves are widely used and favoured particularly for their high sensitivity
- Nitrile Exam Gloves are also extremely popular, but offer greater strength and resistance than latex to a wide range of chemicals, and also eliminate the risk of skin allergies sometimes posed by latex alternatives
- Exam gloves made of neoprene (polychloroprene) also offer exceptional resistance to acids, bases, alkalis, cytotoxic drugs and a range of solvents whilst providing allergy prevention, comfort and performance with the fit and feel of latex
- Vinyl exam gloves for the least demanding applications offer very basic protection
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