• J Emerg Med · Mar 1997

    Review Historical Article

    Surgical glove lubricants: from toxicity to opportunity.

    • J A Woods, R F Morgan, F H Watkins, and R F Edlich.
    • Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
    • J Emerg Med. 1997 Mar 1; 15 (2): 209-20.

    AbstractIn most emergency departments, surgical gloves are coated with surface powders that act as lubricants to facilitate donning. Cornstarch powder is an absorbable powder employed as a donning agent on most powdered gloves. Talcum powder, a nonabsorbable powder, is used as a mold release agent in glove manufacture and is still commonly found on the surfaces of modern surgical gloves. These powders are foreign bodies that elicit inflammatory responses, leading to a wide number of symptoms and complications. The best method of preventing clinical complications from glove powder is to use powder-free gloves.

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