ASTM D3577 – Standard Specification for Rubber Surgical Gloves
Description:
Significance and Use
5.1 The specification is intended as a reference to the performance and safety of rubber surgical gloves. The safe and proper use of rubber surgical gloves is beyond the scope of this specification.
Abstract
This specification covers certain requirements for packaged sterile rubber surgical gloves of the natural rubber latex type (Type 1) and of the synthetic rubber latex type (Type 2). The gloves shall be manufactured from any rubber polymer compound, with the inside and outside surfaces of the gloves free of talc and with dimensions and physical properties that shall conform to the requirements specified. Tests for sterility, freedom from holes, physical dimensions, tensile strength, ultimate elongation, stress at elongation, powder-free residue, powder amount, protein content, and antigenic protein content shall be performed to assess the conformance of the rubber gloves with the requirements specified.
Scope
1.1 This specification covers certain requirements for packaged sterile rubber surgical gloves used in conducting surgical procedures.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
ASTM D3575