Att B Salient Characteristics - medical grade gloves.pdf

Medical grade Exam Gloves:

- Gloves can be made of vinyl, nitrile, polyvinyl chloride, or polyurethane o VA Boston has historically used Nitrile gloves

- Quality medical grade gloves – generally are between 3-4 mils thick; thicker gloves rip less and are more protective against needlestick injuries.

o Thicker gloves are better

- No talc or powder inside or out

- Medical grade gloves should meet ASTM D6319-19 standards o Have an ASTM AQL (acceptable quality level) overall rating of less than 2.5 AQL (1.0 is preferred) Test D5151 – Water test = 2.5 AQL or lower (1.0 preferred) Test D6124 – Residual powder test = max of 2mg per glove for powder free gloves Test D1671 – Blood borne Pathogen test = must Pass Nitrile gloves:

• Test D6319 – Medical grade Nitrile = AQL of 2.5, tensile strength of at least 18MPa, and minimum of 500% elongation

Vinyl gloves:

• Test D5250 – Medical grade Vinyl = AQL of 2.5, tensile strength of at least 11MPa, and minimum of 300% elongation o Reference for standards: http://www.psggear.com/index.php/quality-standards

- VA Boston is a Latex free facility o If necessary in the future, due to supply challenges for gloves, we are including standards for latex gloves. We prefer not to use latex.

Latex gloves

• Latex gloves need the above ASTM tests plus they also need these tests o Test 5712 – Protein Level test for latex gloves = less than 50mcg protein per glove o Test D3578 (instead of D6319)– Medical grade Latex = AQL of

2.5, tensile strength of 18MPa and minimum elongation of 700%

This is the requirement for VA Boston Healthcare System.

• Latex Free

• Powder Free

• Nitrile

• Ambidextrous

• Full Textured

• Any Color

• Thickness Minimum 3.0 mil Palm 4.0 Finger

• Length 9.5” Maximum

• FDA approved

• Medical Use Non-chemo Applications Minimum (Chemo Application gloves are acceptable) http://www.psggear.com/index.php/quality-standards

Comparison products:

Gloves identified that meet these minimum characteristics:

Manufacturer Product Name Product # Size EA per BX BX per CS Bosma Aloe Touch Ice 73-20300 XS 200 10 Bosma Aloe Touch Ice 73-20301 S 200 10 Bosma Aloe Touch Ice 73-20302 M 200 10 Bosma Aloe Touch Ice 73-20303 L 200 10 Bosma Aloe Touch Ice 73-20304 XL 200 10 Bosma Aloe Touch 73-20100 XS 100 10 Bosma Aloe Touch 73-20101 S 100 10 Bosma Aloe Touch 73-20102 M 100 10 Bosma Aloe Touch 73-20103 L 100 10 Bosma Aloe Touch 73-20104 XL 100 10 Bosma Nitrile Textured 72-10500 XS 100 10 Bosma Nitrile Textured 72-10501 S 100 10 Bosma Nitrile Textured 72-10502 M 100 10 Bosma Nitrile Textured 72-10503 L 100 10 Bosma Nitrile Textured 72-10504 XL 100 10 Smart Practice Reflection 43308 S 100 10 Smart Practice Reflection 43309 M 100 10 Smart Practice Reflection 43310 L 100 10 Smart Practice Reflection 43311 XL 100 10 Smart Practice Reflection Sapphire 431107 S 200 12 Smart Practice Reflection Sapphire 431108 M 200 12 Smart Practice Reflection Sapphire 431109 L 200 12 Smart Practice Reflection Sapphire 431110 XL 200 12 Smart Practice Dexterity 433201 S 100 10 Smart Practice Dexterity 433202 M 100 10 Smart Practice Dexterity 433203 L 100 10 Smart Practice Dexterity 433204 XL 100 10 Kimberly Clark Nitrile 55081 S 100 10 Kimberly Clark Nitrile 55082 M 100 10 Kimberly Clark Nitrile 55083 L 100 10 Kimberly Clark Nitrile 55084 XL 90 10 Dynarx Safe Touch 2511 S 100 10 Dynarx Safe Touch 2511 M 100 10 Dynarx Safe Touch 2511 L 100 10 Dynarx Safe Touch 2511 XL 100 10