What Are The Dlassifications of Medical Gloves?

The purpose of using gloves is to prevent hands from being polluted by spoils or microorganisms, to prevent the spread of existing microorganisms on the skin or hands, to avoid being damaged by chemicals or to reduce the injury of sharps. As we all know, medical staff will use different gloves in different places and at different times. What are the classifications of medical gloves?

According to the materials of gloves, they can be divided into latex gloves, nitrile gloves, polyethylene (PE) gloves and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) gloves.

Nitrile gloves: it is the most ideal substitute for latex gloves. It is highly suitable for hand skin and has super comfort. It is suitable for non sterile operation in high-risk contact with blood or body fluids; it involves sharp instrument operation, handling of cytotoxic substances and disinfectants.

According to the nature of work, it can be divided into sterilization gloves and non sterilization gloves, while non sterilization gloves are divided into cleaning inspection gloves and household gloves.

Surgical sterilization gloves: sterile disposable use. It is mainly used for operations with high sterility requirements, such as operation, delivery, central catheterization, preparation of total parenteral nutrition solution, etc.

Cleaning inspection gloves: clean non sterile, disposable. It is used for direct or indirect contact with the patient's blood, body fluids, secretions, excreta and substances obviously polluted by body fluids.

Household gloves: clean and reusable. It is mainly used for cleaning the environmental surface without direct contact with human body.