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Gloves are an important way to reduce infection transmission, but they are not the 100%-effective barrier many assume them to be, Dr. Curtis P. Hamann said at the annual meeting of the Pacific Dermatologic Association.
Latex gloves are considered the "standard" against which all other gloves are measured, said Dr. Hamann, president of a Phoenix-based medical and dental supply company. But, even on the best of hands, they are less than perfect.
About 60 studies have looked at the failure rate of natural rubber latex gloves in real clinical settings. Those studies have reported failure rates ranging from 1% to 58%, Dr. Hamann said. Seven studies have investigated the ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Gloves not a perfect barrier. (Infectious Diseases).