A new powder-free glove with a textured surface to improve handling of surgical instruments.

A latex surgical glove has been designed to have a textured surface that stimulates the surface of intact skin. This textured surface enhances security of grasp of surgical instruments under wet and dry conditions without altering tactile discrimination. The unique hydrogel polymer of this glove allows the glove to be donned with either wet or dry hands without the use of cornstarch lubricants.

Biomechanics of surgical glove expansion.

The purpose of this study was to correlate the latex gloves' susceptibility to hydration to its development of glove expansion or irreversible elongation of the latex glove. During hydration, the Micro-Touch glove exhibited significantly more creep strain than did the Biogel gloves. Similarly, the Micro-Touch glove exhibited glove growth, while the Biogel glove maintained a uniform fit during hydration.

Gas-fired gravity floor furnace contact burns.

Infants and toddlers are at particular risk for contact burns from the registers of gas-fired floor furnaces. We report 11-month-old and 12-month-old boys who sustained the classic grid-like pattern of burns to their skin after contracting the registers of gas-fired floor furnaces. The depth of these burns were judged to be partial thickness and healed without the application of skin grafts.