[PLUG-TALK] Chirac's shocker... Iraq.
Brent Rieck
bsr at spek.org
Sat Dec 27 11:39:26 UTC 2003
Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> Just to be totally above-board here, I thought I'd mention that most
> hospitals in this country stopped using latex gloves. They stopped not
> because of any issue related to infection or permeability, however. They
> stopped because many people have a sensitivity to latex on the skin. They
> use that purple stuff now... I forget what it's called.
Nitrile I believe. They are apparently more comfortable to wear as well
as being more puncture resistant, more resistant to petroleum-based
solvents, and more resistant to fats than latex.
--Brent
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