U.S. flag An official website of the United States government.
Official websites use .gov

A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

i

Detection of Micro-Holes and Tears in Disposable Nitrile Gloves



Details

  • Personal Author:
  • Description:
    Objective: Development of a method to detect micro-holes/tears in disposable nitrile gloves. Methods: Tears of varying size were made in partially inflated nitrile gloves using 21, 22, 26s, 30, and 33 gauge 2-point style stainless steel needles. The lengths of these tears were measured using an Aven Mighty Scope of 500x magnification and with Microviewer software. The Frazier air permeability tester (FAPT) attachments were designed to create a holding compartment for glove materials, the Glove and Air Vacuum (GAV) dome. Gloves were loaded into the dome in one of two modes. The first used a glove piece of at least 2.5-inches in diameter loaded into an adapter. The dome was attached to the air permeability tester and the loaded adapter affixed on top. A 6.5-7 in-water vacuum was applied by the FAPT and 50 mL of water poured into the adapter. For the whole glove mode, the whole glove was placed into the GAV dome that is then attached to the FAPT at a vacuum of 11- 12 in-water before 600 mL of water is added. In both modes the vacuum was held for 90 seconds and the amount of water penetrating through the glove material was weighed and a flow rate calculated. Results: All punctures resulted in tears in the glove material. The method currently has a sensitivity of 131.6 +/- 0.01 um tear and flow rates of 2.48 +/- 0.4 uL/min for glove pieces, 28.15 +/- 2 uL/min for whole-glove palm, and 0.250 +/- 0.01 uL/min for whole-glove finger regions with potential as a qualitative method for smaller holes. Conclusions: The developed GAV dome method shows promise as a quantitative and qualitative technique to detect microholes/ tears in whole or pieces of disposable gloves. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  • Subjects:
  • Keywords:
  • Publisher:
    American Industrial Hygiene Association
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Abstract or Summary
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    7-8
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20056047
  • Citation:
    AIHce 2012: American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 16-21, 2012, Indianapolis, Indiana. Falls Church, VA: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2012 Jun; :7-8
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2012
  • Performing Organization:
    University of California Los Angeles
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    AIHce 2012: American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 16-21, 2012, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • End Date:
    20270630
  • Collection(s):
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:8683a19984f15c6f777369d76dd46314e4484fa7128b1ad8b769cc219ecd0cc49e03171095d35edd6173d6340012de5342e2ecbc93daec1d8a7ba2866c923a75
  • Download URL:
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 144.42 KB ]
PREVIOUS
ON THIS PAGE
Details
CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.

As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
BACK TO TOP