Gloves should be selected for each procedure to provide protection from the hazards. In some circumstances there may be several hazards and glove selection may involve different gloves for different steps of the procedure and/or several layers of gloves may be needed to address all hazards. |
PPE | SPECIFIC TYPE | CHARACTERISTICS | APPLICATIONS | |
Disposable Gloves |
Disposable latex gloves
| Powdered or un-powdered; some chemical-resistance-consult glove resistant chart-incidental contact only | Working with non-hazardous chemicals or materials | |
Disposable nitrile gloves | Some chemical resistant-consult glove resistant chart; incidental chemical contact only | Working with chemical hazards of small quantity. | ||
Leather Gloves | Protect and comfort hands form moderate temperatures, sharps objects, damage by friction | Handling sharp objects | ||
Wire Mesh Gloves | Cut resistant | Working with sharp instruments |
Chemical Resistant Gloves | Natural rubber latex | Good resistance to water-based materials, poor organic solvent resistance-Consult glove resistance chart | Working with small volumes of aqueous-based low hazard chemicals. | |
Nitrile gloves | Chemical resistant for incidental contact-consult glove resistance chart | Working with larger volumes of chemicals | ||
Butyl gloves | Generally good chemical resistance to many chemicals-consult glove resistance chart | Working with larger volumes of chemicals, hazardous material spills | ||
Viton II gloves | Generally good chemical resistance to many chemicals-consult glove resistance chart | Working with larger volumes of chemicals, hazardous material spills | ||
Silver shield gloves | Generally good chemical resistance to many chemicals-consult glove resistance chart. May need over glove for manual dexterity | Working with larger volumes of chemicals, hazardous material spills, good resistance to methylene chloride (dichloromethane) |
Insulated Gloves | Terrycloth autoclave gloves | Heat resistant | ||
Insulated Gloves | Nomex Flight gloves | Heat resistant, possible over glove choice | Working with hot equipment | |
Cryogen gloves |
| Water resistant protection against ultra-cold temperatures | Some pyrophorics handling, worn as over glove |