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Medical gloves

The medical practitioner wears a glove during such procedures. The glove is formed of very thin fluid impervious material, such as latex or the like, to minimize impairment of the practitioner's tactile sensitivity. Medical gloves should be relatively thin so that tactile sensation is not lost, moreever, the gloves must also be strong to resist rupture. Also, because the surfaces of film gloves tend to adhere to each other when packaged and to the user's hand while donning, the glove surfaces should have some form of lubricious property. Small, tight-fitting latex gloves (also known as latex surgical gloves) are commonly worn by medical personnel to provide a barrier between the skin of the hands wearing the gloves and contaminated fluids and/or contaminated contact surfaces. Latex gloves are designed to provide minimal impairment of the sense of feel and offer practically no restraint to the surgeon's dexterity during use. Gloves of other materials which are thicker, hypoallergenic or solvent resistant are available for specific uses. The packaging of the gloves for other uses is such that those gloves remain sterile during warehousing, shipment and before opening for use. The donning requirements are not as important in non surgical situations where the gloves primary purpose is to prevent the practitioner from becoming infected.

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