During surgical procedures, surgeons wear hand protection known as medical gloves
To help minimise cross-contamination between caregivers and
patients during medical examinations and procedures, medical
gloves are disposable gloves. Medical gloves come unpowdered or
powdered with corn starch to lubricate the gloves and make them simpler to put
on the hands. They are made of various polymers, including latex, nitrile
rubber, polyvinyl chloride, and neoprene.
Talc and tissue-irritating lycopodium powder were substituted
by maize starch, although even corn starch can obstruct healing if it enters
tissues (as during surgery). As a result, during surgery and other delicate
procedures, unpowdered gloves are utilised more frequently. To make up for the
absence of powder, unique production techniques are used.
Rubber gloves are produced using the same fundamental
processes regardless of the substance they are comprised of. Hand-shaped
ceramic or aluminium moulds are placed on a conveyor to begin the process.
These moulds are then submerged in hot water with chlorine or bleach in wash
tanks before being dried. Any potential residue from the earlier batch of
gloves is removed during this dipping. To make the rubber adhere, the moulds
must be coated after cleaning. To do this, the moulds are submerged in a
solution of calcium nitrate, which will cause the rubber to coagulate, and
calcium carbonate (which is a lubricant to keep the gloves from sticking to the
mould too much). After a second drying stage, the glove is dipped into latex,
nitrile, or polyvinyl chloride tanks. As a result of the need to process the
materials differently, the processes start to diverge at this point.
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