BACKGROUND Natural rubber latex (NRL) allergy is a common occupational disease in health care workers (HCW). However, few reports have compared the major allergen of HCWs to those in gloves that are routinely used in the hospital. The aim of this study was to evaluate the major NRL allergens in gloves used by HCWs. METHODS We studied 20 HCWs who were suspected to have latex allergy (LA). We p...

r o he early story of the use of gloves by surgeons and obstericians has been well documented by Randers-Pehrson nd by Miller. Walbaum, in 1758, used the cecum of the heep as a partial hand covering in his obstetric practice, nd gloves made successively of cotton, silk, leather, and inally rubber were used in the 19 century. Rubber beoming the material of choice after Charles Goodyear deeloped ...

BACKGROUND In a follow-up to a previous article, which described the approach at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions to establishing a latex-safe environment, subsequent efforts to convert all the sterile gloves to nonlatex products and thereby complete the implementation of a latex-safe program are reported. Before the complete conversion to nonlatex sterile gloves, operating room use had i...

Sterile radiation reduction gloves have been widely used over the past several decades in an effort to reduce hand doses during fluoroscopically guided proce- dures. While multiple studies have quantified the potential dose reduction to the fluoroscope operator from the use of such gloves, possible effects on the patient have not yet been quantified. The aim of this study was to examine the imp...

Introduction Compression gloves are frequently provided to patients with hand arthritis. Evidence for effectiveness is limited. The aim of this study was determine feasibility recruitment, assessment and treatment procedures, in preparation a future compression glove trial. Methods A non-randomised out-patients either undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthrit...

In Brief Hydration, the absorption of uid into the interstitial areas of a glove once it is wetted, adversely aaects the clinical performance of natural rubber latex gloves. These eeects potentially include increased conductivity, c hanges in tensile and tactile properties, and increased chemical and viral permeability. All of our data indicate that signiicant h ydration is an undesirable prope...

Exposure to starch powder from both surgical and examination gloves can cause a number of undesirable reactions, which vary from well known allergy symptoms and upper respiratory-tract disorders to pleuritis, myocarditis, irritation of the central nervous system or even carcinoma or tuberculosis misdiagnosis. A well documented consequence of the use of starch powder in gloves is its capacity to...

We conducted a randomised, controlled trial to determine whether changing gloves at specified intervals can reduce the incidence of glove perforation and contamination in total hip arthroplasty. A total of 50 patients were included in the study. In the study group (25 patients), gloves were changed at 20-minute intervals or prior to cementation. In the control group (25 patients), gloves were c...

Objective. The aim of the study was to evaluate the location, timing, and frequency of glove perforation during hip replacement arthroplasty. Methods. Gloves worn by surgical team members in 19 primary hip replacement arthroplasties were assessed. The study was of a single gloving system. All the used gloves were collected at the end of the surgery and assessed visually and by using water infla...