Rövid leírás:

This revised edition discusses ever-growing importance of protective gloves to occupation health in a single volume. It will an ideal text for professionals and graduate students in the fields of occupational and industrial hygiene, health care, chemical engineering, pharmacy, and environmental health.

Hosszú leírás:

This revised text discusses key aspects for protective gloves, including glove materials, the manufacture of gloves, how to perform testing of gloves, and glove performance.

The book provides guidance on how to select gloves to prevent skin contamination from chemical and microbial exposure in the occupational environment and presents hard-to-find information in one easy-to-use resource. It covers important concepts, including prevention of contact dermatitis, clinical testing of occupation-related glove sensitivity, and infection control and preventative measures for pandemics.

The book:

• Provides update state-of-the-art information, practices, standards, and guidelines


• Covers information on protective glove material technology, protective effects, and adverse medical effects


• Explores ways to select gloves to prevent skin contamination from chemical and microbial exposure in the occupational environment


• Discusses concepts, including glove materials, the manufacture of gloves, how to perform testing of gloves, and glove performance according to standardized technical methods in vivo.

The text will be useful for professionals in the fields of occupational and industrial hygiene, health care, and public health. It will also help graduate students in the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biology, pharmacy, and environmental health. This book offers a wealth of information on protective glove material technology, protective effects, and adverse medical effects. It gives detailed discussion of parameters, including the selection and use of gloves for industrial chemicals, acrylates, and pesticides, and gloves as protection against microbial contamination. It will be a valuable resource for professionals and graduate students in the fields of occupational and industrial hygiene, healthcare, public health, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biology, pharmacy, and environmental health.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Contents

Preface.......................................................................................................................ix

Editors........................................................................................................................xi

Contributors............................................................................................................ xiii

Terminology and Abbreviations.............................................................................xvii

Chapter 1 Prevention of Contact Dermatitis..........................................................3

Chapter 2 Occupational Hygiene Assessments for the Use of

Protective Gloves...................................................................................7

Chapter 3 Gloves: Types, Materials, and Manufacturing.................................... 17

Chapter 4 Extraction and Chemistry of Rubber Allergens.................................. 45

Chapter 5 European Standards on Protective Gloves..........................................63

K.F. Mose, R. Bach, and M-N. Crepy

Chapter 6 US Rules, Regulations, and Standards for Protective Gloves

for Occupational Use........................................................................... 71

Chapter 7 Japanese Regulations and Standards for Medical and

Dental Grade Gloves........................................................................... 79

Chapter 8 Australian Standards for Protective Gloves...................................... 107

Chapter 9 Regulations and Standards for Protective Gloves for

Occupational Use in Croatia............................................................. 113

Chapter 10 Testing of Protective Effect against Liquid Chemicals..................... 121

Chapter 11 Standard Quality Control Testing, Virus Penetration,

and Glove Durability......................................................................... 141

Chapter 12 In Vivo Testing of the Protective Effect of Gloves............................ 171

Chapter 13 Irritation and Contact Dermatitis from Protective Gloves:

An Overview..................................................................................... 185

Chapter 14 Allergic Contact Dermatitis from Rubber and Plastic Gloves.......... 193

Chapter 15 Clinical Testing of Occupational Glove Sensitivity.......................... 215

Chapter 16 Management of Natural Rubber Glove Sensitivity...........................227

Chapter 17 Allergic Responses to Powdered Natural Rubber Latex

Gloves in Healthcare Workers........................................................... 247

Chapter 18 Other Reactions from Gloves............................................................ 261

Chapter 19 Occlusion vs. Contact Dermatitis......................................................285

Chapter 20 Gloves and Dermal Exposure to Chemicals.....................................303

Chapter 21 Percutaneous Absorption of Chemicals from Fabric (Textile).......... 339

Chapter 22 Practical Considerations When Selecting and Using Gloves

for Chemical Protection.................................................................... 355

Chapter 23 Glove Selection for Work with Acrylates Including

Those Cured by Ultraviolet, Visible Light, or Electron Beam.......... 377

Chapter 24 Chemical Permeation through Disposable Gloves............................397

Chapter 25 The Selection and Use of Gloves against Pesticides......................... 421

Chapter 26 Gloves as Protection against Microbial Contamination.................... 439

Chapter 27 Hydro-Alcoholic Gels and Glove Use............................................... 451

Chapter 28 Clinical Relevance of Masks in the Operating Room....................... 459

Chapter 29 Are Masks Effective as Source Control in Index Influenza

Patients? A Review............................................................................463

Chapter 30 Extended Use and Disinfection of N95 Respirators and

Exam Gloves During a Pandemic.....................................................469

Index....................................................................................................................... 479