Designation:D3578−05(Reapproved2015)StandardSpecificationforRubberExaminationGloves1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3578;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverscertainrequirementsfornatu-ralrubberglovesusedinconductingmedicalexaminationsanddiagnosticandtherapeuticprocedures.Italsocoversnaturalrubberglovesusedinhandlingcontaminatedmedicalmaterial.1.2Thisspecificationprovidesfornaturalrubberglovesthatfiteitherhand,pairedgloves,andglovesbysize.Italsoprovidesforpackagedsterilenaturalrubberglovesandpack-agedorbulknonsterilenaturalrubbergloves.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D412TestMethodsforVulcanizedRubberandThermoplas-ticElastomers—TensionD573TestMethodforRubber—DeteriorationinanAirOvenD3767PracticeforRubber—MeasurementofDimensionsD5151TestMethodforDetectionofHolesinMedicalGlovesD5712TestMethodforAnalysisofAqueousExtractableProteininLatex,NaturalRubber,andElastomericProd-uctsUsingtheModifiedLowryMethodD6124TestMethodforResidualPowderonMedicalGlovesD6499TestMethodforTheImmunologicalMeasurementofAntigenicProteininNaturalRubberanditsProducts2.2OtherDocuments:ISO2859SamplingProceduresandTablesforInspectionbyAttributes3U.S.Pharmacopeia43.Classification3.1TypeI—Gloveswithaminimumtensilestrengthof18MPaandamaximumstressat500%elongationof5.5MPa.3.2TypeII—Gloveswithaminimumtensilestrengthof14MPaandamaximumstressat500%elongationof2.8MPa.4.MaterialsandManufacture4.1Anynaturalrubbercompoundthatpermitstheglovetomeettherequirementsofthisspecification.4.2AlubricantthatmeetsthecurrentrequirementsoftheU.S.PharmacopeiaforAbsorbableDustingPowdermaybeappliedtotheglove.Otherlubricantsmaybeusediftheirsafetyandefficacyhavebeenpreviouslyestablishe...
