Protective Gloves for Occupational Use

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.

It 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-

• Discusses models for dermal absorption, exposure, and dose assessment.
• 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 is 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 laboratory safety, the selection and use of gloves in food safety and agriculture, the selection and use of gloves against 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, health care, public health, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biology, pharmacy, and environmental health.