Nitrile versus Latex for Glove Juice Sampling

The objective of this study was to explore the utility of nitrile gloves as a replacement for latex surgical gloves in recovering bacteria from the hands. Two types of nitrile gloves were compared to latex gloves using the parallel streak method. Streaks of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus a...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-10, Vol.9 (10), p.e110686-e110686
Main Authors: Landers, Timothy F, Dent, Anthony
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allergies
Anaphylaxis
Antimicrobial agents
Bacteria
Biology and Life Sciences
Comparative analysis
Epidemiology
Gloves
Gloves, Surgical
Health care
Humans
Hygiene
Infections
Inhibition
Klebsiella
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Latex
Medical personnel
Medicine and Health Sciences
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Nitriles
Patient safety
Pneumonia
Protective clothing
Reference materials
Sampling
Sampling methods
Staphylococcus aureus
Surgery
Synthetic products
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Summary:The objective of this study was to explore the utility of nitrile gloves as a replacement for latex surgical gloves in recovering bacteria from the hands. Two types of nitrile gloves were compared to latex gloves using the parallel streak method. Streaks of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus were made on tryptic soy agar plates, and the zones of inhibition were measured around pieces of glove material placed on the plates. Latex gloves produced a mean zone of inhibition of 0.28 mm, compared to 0.002 mm for nitrile gloves (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0110686