Thus, virus-contaminated materials such as surgical instruments can be decontaminated by heat. We also found that Zika virus infectivity was highest after adjusting the stock to a pH of ≈9 (Figure, panel F). In contrast, adjusting Zika virus to pH 12 or to <pH 4 abrogated infectivity (Figure, panel F). Finally, we analyzed whether gloves routinely used in BSL-2 laboratories protect against Zika...

Background: The emergence of epidemics in recent years, such as COVID-19 and monkeypox, has increased the need for protective gloves. Objectives: This study was performed to provide clinical evidence that no residual chemical additives are present powder-free, non-latex, with without pigment, sterile non-sterile nitrile, polyisoprene gloves at a level may induce type IV allergy unsensitized gen...

Background: Physiotherapists have an occupationally elevated risk of dermatoses. One aim of skin care seminars for specific professional groupsin individual prevention programme in Germany is to ensure appropriate use of safety measures during patient treatment. Initially physiotherapists often think skeptically about the use of gloves and patients’ acceptance of this protective measure. So the...

In dentistry, allergic contact dermatitis to acrylates and allergic contact urticaria to latex are important occupational hazards. There is a need to identify non-latex gloves which are suitable for dental work but at the same time provide adequate protection against acrylate monomers. In a previous study, a new open-chamber system was used for testing the in vivo protection of 6 different glov...

Zhang and colleagues discuss the environmental consequences of disposing single use personal protective equipment (PPE).1 But there are crucial steps before disposal that incorporate “5 Rs”: reduce, reuse, recycle, research, rethink.2 With cumulative use, even simple PPE has major consequences. A standard box nitrile gloves, for example, same CO2 equivalent as driving 20 miles in a petrol car....

Cytotoxicity of 14 glove materials representing 4 natural rubber latex, 6 synthetic rubber and 4 synthetic polymeric materials was evaluated using dimethylthiazol diphenyltetrazolium (MTT), agar overlay and filter diffusion tests. Cell responses after contact with extracts of glove materials and contact with glove materials were assessed. One synthetic rubber glove (nitrile rubber) and 2 synthe...