What is the difference between surgical gloves and medical examination gloves?

    Medical gloves are made of natural latex and are highly fitted to the skin of the hand for superior comfort. Suitable for non-sterile operations with high risk of contact with blood or body fluids; It involves the operation of sharp instruments, the handling of cytotoxic substances and disinfectants.

    According to the nature of the work, it can be divided into sterilization gloves and non-sterilization gloves, while non-sterilization gloves are divided into cleaning examination gloves and housekeeping gloves.

    1. Surgical sterilization gloves: sterile disposable use. It is mainly used for operation with high sterility requirement, such as operation, delivery, central catheterization, preparation of total parenteral nutrient solution, etc.

    2. Cleaning examination gloves: clean non-sterile, disposable use. Use in direct or indirect contact with patients' blood, body fluids, secretions, excreta and objects visibly contaminated with body fluids.

    3. Housekeeping gloves: clean and reusable. Mainly used in the case of not direct contact with the human body, environmental surface cleaning can be used housekeeping gloves.