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Article: Gloves: Important, but not perfect, protection. (Latex Failure Rate Ranges From 1% to 58%).(Brief Article)
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- Skin & Allergy News
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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PHOENIX, ARIZ. -- Gloves are an important way to reduce infection transmission, but they are not quite the 100% effective barrier many assume them to be, Dr. Curtis P. Hamann reported at the annual meeting of the Pacific Dermatologic Association.
Latex gloves are considered the "standard" against which all other gloves are measured, said Dr. Hamann, president of a Phoenix-based medical and dental supply company But, even on the best of hands, they are less than perfect
About 60 studies have looked at the failure rate of natural rubber latex gloves in real clinical settings. Those studies have reported rates ranging from 1% to 58%, Dr. Hamaun said. Seven ...