The winter season is here. That means colds and flu, and overly-drying, heated air in our homes and workplaces. Add necessary frequent hand washing to this combo and you may end up with a very uncomfortable situation – contact dermatitis. Contact dermatitis can be divided into two categories – irritant and allergic. Irritant contact dermatitis [...]
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Foodborne illness. No restaurant operator wants those words associated with their establishment. To ensure their food is safe, many hours are devoted to employee education and ongoing training. Hand hygiene and disposable gloves are an important part of safe food handling. Restroom Germs and Cross-Contamination A critical component to safe food handling is proper gloving [...]
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As hospitals and other healthcare facilities have increasingly moved from latex exam gloves to nitrile exam gloves, skin irritation and allergy to non-latex gloves has also increased. To identify individuals with hypersensitivity to nitrile gloves, a new skin prick test has been developed by Dr. Santhosh Kumar of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond. “If the patient [...]
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Nitrile gloves have come a long way. In the early days, when nitrile gloves were the “new” latex-free option, healthcare professionals did not find them nearly as comfortable as natural rubber latex gloves. And the price for these new medical nitrile gloves was higher than latex. Still, in order to reduce the very real problem [...]
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