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2. Medical glove - Wikipedia

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   Medical gloves are disposable gloves used during medical examinations and procedures to help prevent cross-contamination between caregivers and patients. [1] Medical gloves are made of different polymers including latex , nitrile rubber , polyvinyl chloride and neoprene ; they come unpowdered, or powdered with corn starch to lubricate the ...

3. Rubber glove - Wikipedia

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   Disposable gloves are sometimes used in childcare during the diapering/ toileting process to protect the caregiver from coming in contact with the child's fecal material/urine. Fecal matter in particular is known to carry many diseases. Many caregivers use gloves while touching the child's buttocks or genitals when wiping or applying creams ...

4. First aid kit - Wikipedia

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   Plastic tweezers Disposable gloves are often found in modern first-aid kits. Commercially available first aid kits available via normal retail routes have traditionally been intended for treatment of minor injuries only. Typical contents include adhesive bandages, regular strength pain medication, gauze and low grade disinfectant.

5. Glove - Wikipedia

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   A glove is a garment covering the hand, with separate sheaths or openings for each finger including the thumb. [1] Gloves protect and comfort hands against cold or heat, damage by friction, abrasion or chemicals, and disease; or in turn to provide a guard for what a bare hand should not touch.

6. Usage of personal protective equipment - Wikipedia

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   Gloves are available to protect against: Chemicals, contamination and infection (e.g. disposable latex/vinyl/nitrile gloves) Electricity, when voltage is too high; Extremes of temperature (e.g. oven gloves, welder's gloves) Mechanical hazards (e.g. rigger gloves, chainmail gloves)

7. Nitrile rubber - Wikipedia

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   A disposable nitrile rubber glove. The uses of nitrile rubber include disposable non-latex gloves, automotive transmission belts, hoses, O-rings, gaskets, oil seals, V belts, synthetic leather, printer's form rollers, and as cable jacketing; NBR latex can also be used in the preparation of adhesives and as a pigment binder. [citation needed]