Health Effects Associated with Medical Glove Use

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• Personal Author:
  Dillard SF ; Gross TP ; Hefflin B ; Kaczmarek RG ; Petsonk, Edward L.
• Description:
  Adverse reactions to medical gloves represent an important public health issue. Accordingly, there is increasing interest in understanding the information reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) describing health effects associated with the use of medical gloves. This article provides a retrospective analysis and summary of health effects associated with medical glove use reported to the FDA. The FDA's medical device adverse event databases were searched via computer using keywords to identify reports of reactions associated with any type of medical glove. Demographic and clinical information abstracted from these reports was used to perform frequency and trend analyses. The reported medical glove-related events, including the noted trends in reporting, suggest the need for further study and continued monitoring of such reports. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Clinical Laboratory Techniques Demography Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety
• Keywords:
  Clinical-symptoms Clinical-techniques Demographic-characteristics Gloves Health-care-personnel Medical-equipment Personal-protective-equipment Protective-clothing
• ISSN:
  0001-2092
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  88-96
• Volume:
  76
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022036
• Citation:
  AORN J 2002 Jul; 76(1):88-96
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Exposure Assessment Methods
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  AORN Journal
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dfa0ed16a4b73a1c5af13377f98bc20e6798d630a4f9a37060f24a21895db95348157379b67d99333386793994fa6a8b3d6df977b0ec7e0eceb9113bab25f3cf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199024/cdc_199024_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.32 MB ]