A GUIDE TO GLOVE SAFETY: EN 455


If you're using a glove for medical purposes, it's crucial to know whether they are up to scratch. But with so many gloves out there, how do you find the best for your specific needs? With EN 455 you have an easier way to compare your single use medical gloves and know that they have been found up to the task.

EN 455: MEDICAL GLOVES FOR SINGLE USE

While the safety our PPE offers creates an overall better, safer working environment, the immediate effects for the majority of our gloves are fairly user-centred. Medical gloves go two ways, not only keeping doctors, vets or first aiders safe from bodily fluids, chemicals or bacteria, but also keeping their patients safe from infection; not bad for such affordable gloves. Don’t be fooled into thinking any pair of latex gloves is good enough to play doctor in, though, EN 455 is as vigorous test as any of the seemingly ‘tougher’ standards, to make sure their accredited PPE can save hands from contamination and even help save lives.

FREEDOM FROM LEAKS

The last thing anyone wants is for the gloves their medical provider is wearing to suddenly spring a leak, tests use a simple but effective method to test each batch by simply filling it with water. If the glove can hold the liquid with no leaks or pinholes it has safely passed part 1 and you rest assured that neither you nor your doc are going to suffer from unsafe gloves riddled with holes.

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