Abrasion Resistance of Medical Glove Materials

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-87

  Walsh, Donna L ^a   Schwerin, Matthew R ^a   Kisielewski, Richard W ^a   Kotz, Richard M ^a   Chaput, Maria P ^b   Varney, George W ^b   To, Theresa M ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Durability; Glove; Tear; Viral penetration

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; HEALTH CARE; LATEXES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RUBBER; STYRENE;

ARTIFICIAL AGING; MEDICAL GLOVES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

1,3 BUTADIENE; ACRYLONITRILE; COPOLYMER; LATEX; NEOPRENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; RUBBER;

ABRASION; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SURGICAL GLOVE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS;

EID: 0347356396     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10055     Document Type: Article

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