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Latex gloves are manufactured using a milky fluid derived from the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis. A variety of chemicals are added to this fluid during the processing and manufacturing of a latex glove.
Protective gloves are most closely associated with medical and dental laboratory use. However since these types of gloves are excellent in protecting your hands from a number of chemicals, latex gloves are now widely used in a number of industries and have become common in the household.
Before purchasing any type of glove, whether it be latex, nitrile, or vinyl, you have to ask yourself a few things
What amount of protection are you looking for?
Are you allergic to any materials that the glove is made from?
The quality of the glove and how it's made?
Powdered or Unpowdered?
The comfort of the glove?
The size of the glove?
If protection is your major concern, there a few things you should know about Latex, Nitrile, and Vinyl gloves how they're made. There are three standard measures that protective gloves are scaled upon.
Medical Grade - For medical use. Highest grade of protection. These gloves are thoroughly tested to pass FDA requirements and exceed a broad range of demanding specifications.
High Risk - For use in the emergency medical services fields. High levels of testing are required to assure proper requirements.
Utility Grade - Not intended for medical use and not tested for FDA specifications. These gloves are great if detail is a necessity. Normally used for painting and general hand protection. They are manufactured to ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) specifications.
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