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Glove Use Should be Emphasized as Key Part of Sharps Injury Prevention

Standard precautions are recommended to help decrease the number of sharps-related injuries but some researchers say the effectiveness of gloves in preventing such injuries has not been established. Kinlin, et al. (2010) sought to evaluate factors associated with gloving ...More
3 weeks ago
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions, Research & Studies
Bacterial Migration Through Glove Micro-Perforations

Nils-Olaf Hübner, of the Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University in Greifswald, Germany, and colleagues sought to confirm recent results from a previous study focusing on the development of a method to measure the bacterial ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Ansell Healthcare Offers Moisturizing Surgical Glove

Ansell Healthcare announces its newest innovation to reduce skin irritation and improve skin condition; the Derma Prene® IsoTouch® HydraSoft® synthetic polyisoprene, powder-free surgical glove is designed as a moisturizing glove that is designed to prevent Type I latex ...More
July 30, 2010
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions, Products & Services
Ansell Healthcare Announces New Green Packaging Solution

Ansell Healthcare Products LLC announces that it has improved its glove packaging with a newer, greener design that significantly reduces packaging waste and also helps conserve fuel consumption.Ansell’s increased-count exam pack contains more exam gloves per box ...More
May 1, 2010
Posted in News, Products & Services, PPE & Standard Precautions
Sempermed USA Launches New Web Site and Tagline

Sempermed USA, a leading manufacturer of hand protection, announces its new tagline “We are people protection” and a redesign of its Web site, http://www.SempermedUSA.comThe tagline, “We are people protection” reveals Sempermed’s corporate ...More
March 8, 2010
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene, Products & Services, PPE & Standard Precautions
Ansell Joins Humanitarian Effort with Shipments of Gloves to Haiti

As aid pours into Haiti for victims injured and displaced by the recent earthquakes, the massive cleanup is just beginning. Ansell is assisting with the relief effort by shipping gloves for medical workers and work crews involved in the search for victims and removal of ...More
January 26, 2010
Posted in News, Products & Services, PPE & Standard Precautions
Ansell Healthcare Campaign Wins National Award

Ansell Healthcare Products LLC announces it has won a silver MM&M (Medical Marketing & Media) award this fall in recognition of its “Power of Pink” campaign for the launch of its Micro-Touch® NitraFree™ nitrile exam gloves.MM&M announced ...More
December 22, 2009
Posted in News, Products & Services, PPE & Standard Precautions
Gloved Hands, Surfaces are Common Culprits in Cross-Contamination

By now, most healthcare providers realize that hand-to-surface transmission can account for a significant amount of cross-contamination when the healthcare worker then proceeds to touch the patient, items in the patient’s immediate surroundings and then moves on to ...More
December 16, 2009
Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene, Environmental Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Perforated Surgical Gloves Associated With Surgical Site Infection Risk

Surgical gloves that develop holes or leaks during a procedure appear to increase the risk of infection at the surgical site among patients who are not given antibiotics beforehand, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Surgery.Despite substantial efforts ...More
June 15, 2009
Posted in News, Infections, Research & Studies, Patient/Worker Safety, PPE & Standard Precautions
TB: Hiding in Plain Sight

Current research suggests that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can evade the immune response. The paper by Rahman et al., "Compartmentalization of immune responses in human tuberculosis: few CD8+ effector T cells but elevated levels of FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in the ...More
May 26, 2009
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions

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