A comparison of surface particle contamination of powdered and non-powdered surgical gloves.
Prototype 'no powder' gloves were found to have significantly lower surface starch particle contamination when compared with powdered gloves. 'No powder' gloves were superior in this respect even to washed standard gloves. Although a little more difficult to don than standard gloves, their routine use seems desirable.
D004577:Electron Probe Microanalysis; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D013213:Starch
D013213:Starch