It says on the box that these aloe touch nitrile gloves are "Latex-free, powder-free nitrile examination gloves, single use, non-sterile. Tested for use with chemotherapy drugs" We've had a terrible time with getting good gloves, and then when we get some good ones, they are replaced the following year with a cheaper brand until our PAs start screaming. You're right - Surgery wouldn't even have to whistle!! Janet
________________________________ From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Robert Richmond Sent: Wed 9/2/2009 1:34 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Re: Gloves Janet Bonner notes: >We use Aloe Touch Nitrile gloves, powder-free from Medline (MDS195084 for >small size) www.medline.com. (1-800 - medline) These gloves are not >stiff, they fit the hand 'like a glove' . They say on the box "not intended >to be used as a chemical barrier", but they do a great job when exposed to >Histology chemicals.<< Not familiar with this product, but with nitrile rubber gloves brand name is important, as the quality of nitrile rubber gloves worsens. When they first came out and were made in the USA, I could make a pair last for two weeks of grossing. As manufacture moved to the latex-producing countries, nitrile rubber (if that's what they actually are) gloves became no better than latex. At present I use two pairs of gloves when I gross. There's a little-known product called "chemotherapy gloves" - thick blue latex. I filched a box of these and use them - they last for several days. Obviously re-using gloves offsets the high initial cost of purchase, but that's not good MBA thinking. OSHA says not to handle formaldehyde (and I suppose xylene) with latex gloves, but has not specified an alternative. It's disgraceful how little the powers that be care about the hands of pathologists and histotechnologists. You can bet that if it were nurses who had this problem, it'd get solved in a hurry. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ======================================================= The information contained in this message may be privileged and/or confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and deleting the material from any computer. ======================================================= _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet