What are the classifications of medical gloves?

The purpose of using gloves is to prevent the hands from being contaminated by stolen goods or microorganisms, to prevent the spread of microorganisms existing in the skin or hands, to avoid being injured by chemicals or to reduce the injury caused by sharp instruments. As we all know, medical staff will use different gloves in different places and occasions. What are the classifications of medical gloves?

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

Nitrile gloves: the most ideal substitute for latex gloves, which are highly suitable for hand skin and super comfortable. Suitable for non-sterile operation in high-risk contact with blood or body fluids; It involves the operation of sharp instruments and the treatment of cytotoxic substances and disinfectants.

According to the nature of work, it can be divided into sterilized gloves and non-sterilized gloves, and non-sterilized gloves can be divided into clean inspection gloves and household gloves.

Surgical disinfection gloves: disposable sterile gloves. Mainly used in surgery, delivery, central catheter placement, total parenteral nutrition solution preparation and other operations that require high sterility.

Clean inspection gloves: clean, sterile and disposable. It is used for direct or indirect contact with patients' blood, body fluids, secretions, excreta and articles obviously contaminated by body fluids.

Household gloves: clean and reusable. It is mainly used to clean the environmental surface that is not in direct contact with the human body, and household gloves are enough.