Medical gloves can be manufactured from many different types of raw material.
The most commonly used for examination gloves are latex, nitrile and vinyl. For surgical gloves the most used are latex, polyisoprene and polychloroprene.
You will be able to find some information about these materials here.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
What is…
Natural Rubber Latex
Gloves made from natural latex exhibit rubbery characteristics when vulcanised. Natural latex…
Polychloroprene
Polychloroprene gloves have elasticity close to that of latex, providing a fit very similar to Natural Rubber Latex…
Polyisoprene
Gloves made from synthetic polyisoprene exhibit rubber-like characteristics when vulcanised, very similar…
Synthetic nitrile
Nitrile gloves are made from a synthetic polymer that exhibits rubber like characteristics when vulcanised…
Vinyl
Vinyl, also know as PVC or polyvinyl chloride, is a synthetic polymer that is a thermoset resin. This means that when this…