Preface

This article was written for a series of supplements in the Journal of wound Care in late 1996. Thus it refers to other articles in the supplement - obtain the actual supplement from the JOWC to see these. Also, some of the sgml to html formatting needs some work (footnotes and refs) - these will be sorted soon.

Medical Glove Safety - Technical Overview for the JOWC.

  • Introduction.
  • What is latex ?
  • Extractable Protein.
  • Proteins and Glove Powder
  • Alternatives to Starch Powder.
  • Testing for Proteins.
  • "Safe" Protein levels.
  • Alternatives to latex gloves.
  • Other requirements in glove safety.
  • Conclusion,
    • Pete Phillips <pete@smtl.co.uk>