Medical Gloves and Protective Gloves from Sri LankA

Sri Lanka is a leading manufacturer of protective gloves and medical gloves made with natural rubber latex and nitrile latex. The country’s rubber gloves industry caters to nearly 5% of the global demand for household, industrial, and medical gloves.

Rubber gloves made in Sri Lanka are used primarily in the medical, dental, industrial, pharmaceutical and food handling sectors, with the global health sector being the largest consumer of gloves from Sri Lanka.

Natural rubber had proven to be an ideal material for the manufacturing of rubber gloves due to its good tensile and tear strengths and barrier protection. Many benefits provided by natural rubber gloves include;

• Chemical resistance against acids and bases including chlorine, iodine and formaldehyde. In addition, heavy-duty latex gloves provide protection against bloodborne pathogens and other environmental contaminants.
• Natural rubber’s high elasticity provides natural rubber gloves with high puncture resistance and allows the gloves to stretch before they get damaged.
• The in-use barrier integrity of natural latex rubber is far more superior in reducing the risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens compared to other material, which makes them the most suitable material for medical gloves.

The main obstacle to the exclusive use of natural rubber gloves is the allergic reactions to natural rubber latex, which triggered the popularity of nitrile latex gloves in European and North American markets.

Today Sri Lankan glove manufacturers produce a combination of natural rubber and nitrile gloves for the global market.

Safety Gloves

Safety gloves are made with a combination of primary materials to provide better grip and increased protection to the palm and fingers while allowing air circulation and dexterity. Manufactured using an environmentally friendly solvent-free process, industrial safety gloves made in Sri Lanka are ergonomically designed to ensure a perfect fit and prevent hand fatigue. All the natural rubber industrial gloves are free of soluble proteins since the manufacturing process uses chlorination to reduce extractable proteins and residual accelerators.

Recommended for non-medical purposes, safety gloves are washable and reusable.

Medical Gloves

Medical gloves are personal protective equipment that is used to protect the wearer and everyone whom they come to contact with; from the spread of infection or illness during medical procedures and examinations.

Types of medical gloves made in Sri Lanka include examination gloves, surgical gloves, and chemotherapy gloves made with natural rubber latex and nitrile rubber.

Surgical gloves have a precise fitting and are usually sterilised and un-powdered as not to interfere with post-surgery tissue growth and healing. However, examination gloves are available in unsterilised and sterilised forms and can be made from nitrile rubber, vinyl and neoprene other than natural rubber latex. Most surgical gloves made in Sri Lanka have an extra treated internal surface to soothe and protect the skin from irritation, dryness and cracking and protect the wearer against both type 1 and 4 allergies through the elimination of chemical accelerants during its manufacturing process.

Manufactured under the stringent quality certifications including ISO 9001, ISO 13485, FDA-QSR, and CE Certification, Sri Lankan medical glove manufacturers are among the leading suppliers to the health and medical industry in the world.