Can disposable gloves be reused

The general requirements of disposable gloves are disposable use, throw away immediately after use. But in daily use, many people feel it is a pity to lose gloves if they are not damaged.

This is not a good idea. Once used, the protective performance of disposable gloves will be greatly reduced, and the safety cannot be guaranteed when used again. Especially for industries with high requirements for disposable gloves protection (such as medical treatment, food processing, tattoo, dentistry, etc.), gloves are used to protect the safety of users, but also to ensure the safety of patients or customers, operation hygiene, and strictly abide by the principle of one customer for one exchange.

Reusable gloves can be a vector for bacteria. Disposable gloves, as the name suggests, are used by a person and thrown away, and can spread disease if reused. For example, if a barber shop uses thin film gloves to wash or color the hair of a customer with tinea capitis, the germs will stick to the thin film gloves. Since thin film gloves cannot be thoroughly disinfected, the next customer who uses this thin film gloves with germs may get tinea capitis. Therefore, it is best not to reuse sexual products.

The World Health Organization discourages the reuse of disposable medical gloves. It is necessary to ensure the safety and quality of medical gloves. Repetitive use of medical gloves has the following problems:

(1) When the reused medical gloves are sterilized by pressure steam, the temperature of 125°C will make the medical gloves adhere to each other, and the separation will lead to tear and small holes. Some authors found that 41% of the reused medical gloves will have their integrity damaged; The use of alcohol-based formulations to disinfect hands wearing plastic medical gloves causes early dissolution of the plastic.

(2) Powder used to prevent the internal adhesion of reusable medical gloves can cause skin irritation to health care workers.

(3) The perforation rate of reused medical gloves was higher than that of new medical gloves.

Clear rules and regulations should be established for re-use of disposable medical gloves in resource-limited facilities where, after a thorough evaluation process, it is truly necessary, To determine which clinical sites do not require full use of medical gloves, when only new sterilized medical gloves can be used, when reusable medical gloves can be used, when medical gloves should be discarded or can no longer be used (such as holes detected), when double-layer medical gloves must be used, etc.

Methods and procedures for evaluating reuse of medical gloves must be in place for reuse, and none that have been evaluated by the panel can be recommended.

Rules for use of disposable hygienic gloves

First, clean your hands before wearing gloves

Second, after the package is opened, please store it well to avoid exposure to contaminated areas and cross-infection

When the gloves are contaminated during operation, they should be replaced immediately

Four, disposable gloves in contact with sneezing, hair, etc., should be replaced

Five, when the wearer has a wound or infection on the hand, gloves must be worn

Precautions for disposable hygienic gloves

One, the product should be stored in a cool, dry and ventilated place

Second, avoid direct exposure to sunlight or contact with high temperature fire sources

3. Once the product is opened, use it as soon as possible. Do not place it until it expires

How to choose the right disposable gloves

First, when choosing disposable gloves, consider the material of the glove. Disposable gloves mainly include PVC, PE, nitrile and latex according to the material.

In laboratories, especially chemical laboratories, many reagents are corrosive to a certain extent, causing irritation and harm to the skin. Therefore, laboratory personnel gloves must be able to have a certain corrosion resistance, in order to ensure personal safety. Therefore it is not recommended to use PVC or PE gloves in the chemistry laboratory, we more commonly see latex and nitrile gloves. So how do you choose between the two?

Latex gloves have excellent elasticity and tensile strength, with excellent wear comfort, but slightly less chemical resistance than nitrile gloves; Nitrile has a higher permanent shape than latex, meaning that once stretched, it doesn't fully return to its original shape. As a result, nitrile gloves tend to be more relaxed to wear than latex gloves, which may affect subjects' perception of touch. Nitrile gloves have excellent resistance to a variety of chemical reagents, but not ketones, esters, aldehydes. It is recommended that you refer to the chemical compatibility table provided by the manufacturer or the MSDS recommendations before choosing.

Determined the material, that powder and no powder and what is the difference? Gloves containing powder are easier to wear and don't stick together easily. But the powder is irritating and can cause your hands to become dry. The powder may also absorb chemical sensitizers and induce chemical allergy. In addition, powders may interfere with chemical experiments. Therefore, powder-free gloves are more recommended, but how to solve the problem that powder-free gloves are difficult to wear? Chlorination or polymer coatings are commonly used.

For use in general chemistry laboratories, there is not much difference between the two, but for semiconductor workshops or those with cleanliness requirements above 1000, chlorine-washed low particle content gloves are recommended.

After choosing a good material, choose the right size. The size of gloves should be appropriate. If the gloves are too tight, it is easy to wear uncomfortable and easy to damage the gloves. If it is too loose, it is not flexible to use and comes off easily.

Do disposable medical gloves have a shelf life

Once aseptic gloves are opened, they need to be used immediately. After they are opened, they cannot be preserved. There is no validity period.

Generally, the shelf life of disposable film gloves is two years. It is best not to use disposable gloves over two years, because long-term storage will lead to mildew on the surface of gloves, which is a great threat to human health, and even can lead to cancer!

Not only disposable gloves, but also many disposable products have shelf life, for example, disposable lunch boxes have shelf life of about 4 months, disposable tablecloth has shelf life of about 6 months, common disposable toothbrushes in hotels have shelf life of about 8 months, and disposable masks have a relatively long shelf life of about one year. Even disposable combs have a shelf life of one year. Just like disposable gloves, these disposable products should not be used out of date, otherwise they will have varying effects on health.