Glove Permeation of Chemicals: The State of the Art of Current Practice, Part 1: Basics and the Permeation Standards

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• Personal Author:
  Banaee S ; Que Hee SS
• Description:
  Skin exposure to chemicals in the workplace environment is a major concern, the hands being the major exposure sites. Employers purchase gloves that have permeation data generated from permeation "standards" of the American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM International), European Committee for Standardization (EN), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that test pieces of glove material and allow a user-defined temperature. The relevant standards based on continuous contact are ASTM F739, ASTM D6978, EN 374, EN 16523, and ISO 6529. The aim was to analyze the current state of the scientific literature on glove permeation in the 21st century up to December 2018. The introduction sets out the background, objectives and rationale of the review and its methodology followed by presentation of basic glove chemical resistance terms and Fick's first law of diffusion, the details of the major permeation standards, their comparison, their critique, their research gaps; the scientific literature on whole glove permeation, and final conclusions. The major recommendation was to harmonize all the permeation standards and perform them at realistic work conditions, especially temperature. The whole glove system would be most useful for testing the thinnest gloves. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: ASTM F739 Breakthrough Times Chemical Hazards Chemicals Dextrous Robot Hand Gloves Hand Protection Personal Protective Equipment PPE Review Skin Exposure Steady State Permeation Rates

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• ISSN:
  1545-9624
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059249
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Hyg 2019 Dec; 16(12):827-839
• Contact Point Address:
  Shane S. Que Hee, Department of Environmental Health Sciences/UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, 650 Charles E Young Jr. Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
• Email:
  squehee@ucla.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:031a714881cb92cc6878d0fcaddcaff73498c6d4ae3812d5f1bc787590a8b2ee883437d03088e915e88630fed7de631f8595f0b3fec1f82c4f67bdb9287c5a90
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223529/cdc_223529_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.65 MB ]