Medical latex gloves are divided into latex examination gloves and latex surgical gloves, which were invented to reduce infection and protect the hand hygiene of doctors and nurses.

Medical latex gloves are a kind of latex gloves used in the medical field, it was invented in 1889 and its inventor was Dr. Holstead. Catherine, a nurse in the United States at the time, suffered from dermatitis due to frequent exposure to pre-surgical antiseptics containing mercuric chloride and carbolic acid (phenol) and was unable to work, and Holstead, a medical doctor who was her partner, commissioned Goodyear Rubber Company to make thin latex gloves to protect her hands.

Wearing medical gloves can develop and improve the protective consciousness of health care workers and strengthen the awareness of infection prevention and control, so medical gloves are very important and should be carefully selected when buying them, and the following points should be noted when buying medical latex gloves.

1, choose a formal manufacturer
Medical latex gloves market is mixed, the quality varies, you should choose the formal medical gloves manufacturers to provide gloves to avoid unnecessary risks, qualified medical latex gloves should be complete certificates, clear identification, printed on the back of the package contains the certificate name, record number, product technical requirements number, country of origin, production date and shelf life and production batch number and other information.

2, glove type selection
Medical latex gloves are usually divided into examination gloves and surgical gloves according to the different occasions of use, medical examination gloves are generally used to examine the patient's oral cavity or skin surface, must contain CFDA experimental drug safety certification. Excellent tensile elongation, strong resistance to abrasion, and can adapt to a variety of weak acid and alkaline environments within the human skin. And medical surgical gloves require a higher safety factor, and need to do further sterilization process.

3, powder-free gloves are better than powdered gloves
Many people do not understand the medical latex gloves with powder or powder-free good, in fact, the medical field using powder-free medical latex gloves safer, because the powder-free gloves using advanced powder-free processing PU polymer coating process, feel soft, comfortable to wear, but also to avoid the medical gloves within the powder accidentally into the patient's body, affecting the diagnosis or treatment results.