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A Collective Review on Hazards of Powder on Surgical and Examination Gloves.

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Edlich, R; Woodard, CR; Pine, SA; Lin, KY
Published in: J Long Term Eff Med Implants
2017

This article reviews information on the hazards associated with dusting powders on latex surgical and examination gloves. Dusting powders were first applied to latex gloves to facilitate donning. After 1980, manufacturers devised innovative techniques to manufacture gloves without dusting powders. It has been well documented that the powders on gloves present a health hazard to patients, as well as to operating-room personnel. First, these powders elicit tissue toxicity in every tissue in the body. Second, these powders serve as carriers of latex allergen and may precipitate a life-threatening allergic reaction in sensitized patients. These well-documented hazards of glove powders have caused a growing number of hospitals in the world to abandon the use of examination and surgical gloves coated with powder, and instead to use only powder-free gloves.

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Published In

J Long Term Eff Med Implants

DOI

EISSN

1940-4379

Publication Date

2017

Volume

27

Issue

2-4

Start / End Page

123 / 135

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Starch
  • Powders
  • Latex Hypersensitivity
  • Latex
  • Immunoglobulin E
  • Humans
  • Gloves, Surgical
  • Foreign-Body Reaction
  • Calcium Carbonate
  • Biomedical Engineering
 

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Edlich, R., Woodard, C. R., Pine, S. A., & Lin, K. Y. (2017). A Collective Review on Hazards of Powder on Surgical and Examination Gloves. J Long Term Eff Med Implants, 27(2–4), 123–135. https://doi.org/10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v27.i2-4.30
Edlich, Richard, Charles R. Woodard, Sheryl A. Pine, and Kant Y. Lin. “A Collective Review on Hazards of Powder on Surgical and Examination Gloves.J Long Term Eff Med Implants 27, no. 2–4 (2017): 123–35. https://doi.org/10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v27.i2-4.30.
Edlich R, Woodard CR, Pine SA, Lin KY. A Collective Review on Hazards of Powder on Surgical and Examination Gloves. J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2017;27(2–4):123–35.
Edlich, Richard, et al. “A Collective Review on Hazards of Powder on Surgical and Examination Gloves.J Long Term Eff Med Implants, vol. 27, no. 2–4, 2017, pp. 123–35. Pubmed, doi:10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v27.i2-4.30.
Edlich R, Woodard CR, Pine SA, Lin KY. A Collective Review on Hazards of Powder on Surgical and Examination Gloves. J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2017;27(2–4):123–135.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Long Term Eff Med Implants

DOI

EISSN

1940-4379

Publication Date

2017

Volume

27

Issue

2-4

Start / End Page

123 / 135

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Starch
  • Powders
  • Latex Hypersensitivity
  • Latex
  • Immunoglobulin E
  • Humans
  • Gloves, Surgical
  • Foreign-Body Reaction
  • Calcium Carbonate
  • Biomedical Engineering