ABSTRACT
Protective gloves made of polymeric rubber and plastic materials are important, although they are only secondary safeguards against factors hazardous to the hands. Gloves can be used to protect the hands from chemical, physical, mechanical, and biologic hazards. In work situations where advanced technical solutions are not possible or available, the proper use of gloves is essential for hand protection. It may be the only way to protect the hands against hazards, or even modify their effects. Apart from hand protection, gloves may be used to protect the product being manufactured from the worker’s dirty hands, or to protect patients from the microbes on the hands of the personnel.
