Latex Gloves



Latex Gloves

Section 1

Introduction

Latex gloves are disposable gloves that are used when one has to carry out a medical examination. The main purpose of using these gloves is that when one has to protect themselves from the contamination and allergy. Most of the gloves that are used these days are powdered with Lycopodium powder or even, but the medical staff recommends the usage of the powdered gloves. There are two main types of Latex gloves, there are exam gloves and then there are surgical gloves. When one talks about the exam gloves, they are used for either the sterilizing purpose or non-sterilizing purpose.

Despite the paramedical staff has clearly instructed that powdered gloves are not meant to be used, the matter of fact is that they are used a lot these days.

Key Issues about the Latex Gloves

The patient examination is one of the main purpose and the ease and convenience that is provided by these gloves is something that is needed to be considered. Latex gloves that are powdered come with a warning that there are potential health hazards that is attached with the usage of these gloves. When one looks at some of the past health related incidents, it is evident that allergic reactions to the Latex gloves and such cases have increased. Several health care workers that are complaining that Latex allergy is one of the main reasons for the allergy and the rate of patients that are affected by this ailment has increased alarmingly in a year or so. This paper will discuss what are some of the cause and affects of the allergy and how it can be reduced to a certain extent.

Section 2

Steps in the Manufacturing Process

When one talks about the way Latex gloves are being produced, they are following more or less the same sequence and procedure that are carried out in the production of all the gloves. For instance, the manufacturing and the type of gloves that are being produced over there are as follows.

Manufacturing process of Latex gloves

The manufacturing process of the innovative technologies comprises of eleven important steps (Washing, Coagulation, Application, Dripping, Gelling, Leaching, Beading, Slurry, Stripping, Testing and Packaging), which are briefly explained as follows.

Washing

The process of producing latex gloves begins by attaching the glove formers in the assembly line, which is then washed around (13000) times and labor requires eight hours to complete this process (Huber & Terezhalmy, 2006). In addition to this, the online procedure of washing comprises of five main steps in which gloves together with assembly line is processed through water tank, acid, alkaline, and then is separately brushed and rinsed. Furthermore, in general circumstances manufacturers tend to use manual procedure for washing these gloves.

Coagulation

After washing formers are processed through a coagulant tank at 140 degrees comprising of calcium nitrate and calcium carbonate (Yip & Cacioli, 2002). This procedure enables latex to hold to the form and after that forms are inserted into oven at around 210-250 degrees for short period ...