Prevent spread of microbes: Choose the right glove

Prevent spread of microbes: Choose the right glove

Microbes spread easily in health care institutions due to the physical contact among patients and health care professionals and as occupational infections among health care professionals. Most microbes are spread through your hands, so when wearing gloves, you significantly reduce spread of infections. 


Gloves come in almost all sorts and sizes, but not all gloves are suitable for working in health care. The important parameters to know when selecting gloves are the intended application and the need for protection against various risks. To determine which gloves to use, a number of factors should be considered to ensure a healthy and hygienic environment, such as: the intended task, material, thickness, size, time of use, and disposal.


Quick guide: How to choose the right glove

Overview of how to choose the right glove (based on material):


Nitrile gloves are good all-round medical gloves, as they are recommended for a wide range of uses including chemotherapy, patient care, bodily fluids, cleaning, and food handling.

Latex gloves are good health care gloves as they are good for patient care, cleaning, food handling etc., but not for chemicals such as chemotherapy (cytostatica) or hormone creams.

Vinyl gloves are recommended for short cleaning tasks and suitable for some situations of patient care but not recommended for all health care use.

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  1. amanda joseph2021年5月26日 16:53

    disposable nitrile gloves

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  2. Flexra Safety2021年6月10日 05:39

    Nice blog.
    Really, I would like to pay very special thanks for sharing this useful information which is very helpful for me.
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