Edlich Richard, Woodard Charles R, Pine Sheryl A, Lin Kant Y
Legacy Verified Level I Shock Trauma Center Pediatrics and Adults, Legacy Emanual Hospital; and Plastic Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, USA.
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk; Department of Plastic Surgery, Box 800376, University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2017;27(2-4):123-135. doi: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v27.i2-4.30.
This article reviews information on the hazards associated with dusting powders on latex surgical and examination gloves. Dusting powders were first applied to latex gloves to facilitate donning. After 1980, manufacturers devised innovative techniques to manufacture gloves without dusting powders. It has been well documented that the powders on gloves present a health hazard to patients, as well as to operating-room personnel. First, these powders elicit tissue toxicity in every tissue in the body. Second, these powders serve as carriers of latex allergen and may precipitate a life-threatening allergic reaction in sensitized patients. These well-documented hazards of glove powders have caused a growing number of hospitals in the world to abandon the use of examination and surgical gloves coated with powder, and instead to use only powder-free gloves.
本文综述了与在乳胶手术手套和检查手套上撒粉相关的危害信息。最初在乳胶手套上撒粉是为了便于穿戴。1980年后，制造商研发出了无需撒粉的创新手套制造技术。有充分的文献记载表明，手套上的粉末对患者以及手术室工作人员都存在健康危害。首先，这些粉末会引发身体各组织的组织毒性。其次，这些粉末是乳胶过敏原的载体，可能会在致敏患者中引发危及生命的过敏反应。手套粉末这些有充分文献记载的危害，已导致世界上越来越多的医院放弃使用涂有粉末的检查手套和手术手套，转而只使用无粉手套。
