Glutaraldehyde permeation: choosing the proper glove.
Six different gloves were tested with five different aqueous glutaraldehyde formulations to determine each glove's resistance to permeation. When tested against 2% or 3.4% glutaraldehyde solutions, nitrile rubber, butyl rubber, a synthetic surgical glove, and polyethylene were each impermeable for at least 4 hours. The two latex gloves tested showed glutaraldehyde breakthrough at 45 minutes. When the latex gloves were doubled, the time to first breakthrough increased to 3 to 4 hours. With 50% glutaraldehyde, only butyl rubber and nitrile rubber were impermeable for extended periods. The surgical synthetic glove had breakthrough at 1 hour, whereas polyethylene and the two latex gloves had breakthrough in less than 1 hour.
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Union Carbide Corporation, Bound Brook, NJ 08805, USA.
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D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D005976:Glutaral; D010539:Permeability; D012408:Rubber; D013242:Sterilization; D013997:Time Factors
D012408:Rubber; D005976:Glutaral