Sterilization of Surgical Rubber Gloves

Rubber gloves redux.

Latex allergies stretch beyond rubber gloves.

Due to the importance of protein phosphorylation in cellular control, many researches are undertaken to predict the kinase-specific phosphorylation sites. Referred to our previous work, KinasePhos 1.0, incorporated profile hidden Markov model (HMM) with flanking residues of the kinase-specific phosphorylation sites. Herein, a new web server, KinasePhos 2.0, incorporates support vector machines ...

Contact dermatitis from penetration of rubber gloves by acrylic monomer.

An orthopaedic surgeon developed dermatitis from acrylic materials. The acrylic monomer was found to penetrate surgical rubber gloves readily. Cases of "rubber glove dermatitis" with negative patch tests may have a similar explanation. Laboratory tests suggest that monomer does not damage rubber sufficiently to allow bacteria to penetrate gloves, but it remains possible that this would happen u...

Some Practical Notes on the Use of Rubber Gloves

not over conscientious in carrying out even those minutiae which they do understand. Bul^ for our own locally trained men most of whom have been many years with us, I must say that, with the introduction of high-pressure sterilisers, and a complete outfit in the way of operation coats, aprons, towels and rubber gloves, there has been corresponding carefulness in attending to the laws of surgica...

Occupational contact allergy caused by rubber gloves--nothing has changed.

BACKGROUND Allergic contact dermatitis caused by rubber gloves is not infrequent, and has almost exclusively been attributed to contact sensitization to accelerators. Thiurams have been the most frequent allergens, followed by dithiocarbamates. OBJECTIVES To describe the current allergen pattern in patients with occupational allergic contact dermatitis caused by rubber gloves. METHODS This ...