Virus permeability of protective gloves used in medical practice
Marin, J.; Dragas, A.Z.; Mavsar, B.
Zentralblatt für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin 191(5-6): 516-522
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0934-8859 PMID: 1652967 Document Number: 385602
From a large number of different kinds of protective gloves currently on the market, 19 were selected for virus permeability testing using a special model. Most of the gloves tested offered poor mechanical protection against penetration of adenovirus and poliovirus, while vaccinia virus was found to traverse the gloves less freely.