Designation:D3578−19StandardSpecificationforRubberExaminationGloves1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3578;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverscertainrequirementsfornatu-ralrubberglovesusedinconductingmedicalexaminationsanddiagnosticandtherapeuticprocedures.Italsocoversnaturalrubberglovesusedinhandlingcontaminatedmedicalmaterial.1.2Thisspecificationprovidesfornaturalrubberglovesthatfiteitherhand,pairedgloves,andglovesbysize.Italsoprovidesforpackagedsterilenaturalrubberglovesandpack-agedorbulknonsterilenaturalrubbergloves.1.3Thisinternationalstandardwasdevelopedinaccor-dancewithinternationallyrecognizedprinciplesonstandard-izationestablishedintheDecisiononPrinciplesfortheDevelopmentofInternationalStandards,GuidesandRecom-mendationsissuedbytheWorldTradeOrganizationTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBT)Committee.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D412TestMethodsforVulcanizedRubberandThermoplas-ticElastomers—TensionD573TestMethodforRubber—DeteriorationinanAirOvenD3767PracticeforRubber—MeasurementofDimensionsD5151TestMethodforDetectionofHolesinMedicalGlovesD5712TestMethodforAnalysisofAqueousExtractableProteininLatex,NaturalRubber,andElastomericProd-uctsUsingtheModifiedLowryMethodD6124TestMethodforResidualPowderonMedicalGlovesD6499TestMethodforImmunologicalMeasurementofAntigenicProteininHeveaNaturalRubber(HNR)anditsProducts2.2OtherDocuments:ISO2859SamplingProceduresandTablesforInspectionbyAttributes3U.S.Pharmacopeia43.Classification3.1TypeI—Gloveswithaminimumtensilestrengthof18MPaandamaximumstressat500%elongationof5.5MPa.3.2TypeII—Gloveswithaminimumtensilestrengthof14MPaandamaximumstressat500%elongationof2.8MPa.4.MaterialsandManufacture4...
