[Histonet] Re: Gloves

[hymclab]

We also use the Aloetouch gloves for all aspects of Histology and have had no issues with them.  They fit "like a glove" and are very durable but continue to have good flexability.
Luckily Medline is on contract with HPG (our buying group)!!!

Dawn D. Schneider, HT(ASCP)
Howard Young Medical Center
Woodruff, WI  54568
(715)356-8174
dawn.schneider <@t> ministryhealth.org



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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bonner, Janet
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 12:54 PM
To: Robert Richmond; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re: Gloves

It says on the box that these aloe touch nitrile gloves are "Latex-free, powder-free nitrile examination gloves, single use, non-sterile. Tested for use with chemotherapy drugs"
   We've had a terrible time with getting good gloves, and then when we get some good ones, they are replaced the following year with a cheaper brand until our PAs start screaming.  You're right - Surgery wouldn't even have to whistle!!

Janet

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From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Robert Richmond
Sent: Wed 9/2/2009 1:34 PM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Re: Gloves



Janet Bonner notes:

>We use Aloe Touch Nitrile gloves, powder-free from Medline (MDS195084 for small size)  www.medline.com.        (1-800 - medline) These gloves are not stiff, they fit the hand 'like a glove' .  They say on the box "not intended to be used as a chemical barrier", but they do a great job when exposed to Histology chemicals.<<

Not familiar with this product, but with nitrile rubber gloves brand name is important, as the quality of nitrile rubber gloves worsens.
When they first came out and were made in the USA, I could make a pair last for two weeks of grossing. As manufacture moved to the latex-producing countries, nitrile rubber (if that's what they actually are) gloves became no better than latex. At present I use two pairs of gloves when I gross.

There's a little-known product called "chemotherapy gloves" - thick blue latex. I filched a box of these and use them - they last for several days. Obviously re-using gloves offsets the high initial cost of purchase, but that's not good MBA thinking.

OSHA says not to handle formaldehyde (and I suppose xylene) with latex gloves, but has not specified an alternative.

It's disgraceful how little the powers that be care about the hands of pathologists and histotechnologists. You can bet that if it were nurses who had this problem, it'd get solved in a hurry.

Bob Richmond
Samurai Pathologist
Knoxville TN

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