Nephron Nitrile™, Nitrile Powder-Free Examination Blue Gloves (Tested For Use With Chemotherapy Drugs and Fentanyl)

Nephron Nitrile™, Nitrile Powder-Free Examination Blue Gloves (Tested For Use With Chemotherapy Drugs and Fentanyl) is a disposable device intended for medical purpose that is worn on the examiner’s hand to prevent contamination between patient and examiner. In addition, these gloves were tested for use with chemotherapy drugs and fentanyl in accordance with ASTM D6978-05 (2019) Standard Practice for Assessment of Resistance of Medical Gloves to Permeation by Chemotherapy Drugs.

The following chemotherapy drugs and concentration had NO breakthrough detected up to 240 minutes:

Bleomycin Sulfate (15.0 mg/ml)

Busulfan (6.0 mg/ml)

Carboplatin (10.0 mg/ml)

Cisplatin (1.0 mg/ml)

Cyclophosphamide (20.0 mg/ml)

Cytarabine (100.0 mg/ml)

Dacarbazine (10.0 mg/ml)

Daunorubicin HCl (5.0 mg/ml)

Docetaxel (10.0 mg/ml)

Doxorubicin HCl (2.0 mg/ml)

Epirubicin HCl (2.0 mg/ml)

Etoposide (20.0 mg/ml)

Fludarabine (25.0 mg/ml)

Fluorouracil (50.0 mg/ml)

Gemcitabine (38.0 mg/ml)

Idarubicin HCl (1.0 mg/ml)

Ifosfamide (50.0 mg/ml)

Irinotecan (20.0 mg/ml)

Mechlorethamine HCl (1.0 mg/ml)

Melphalan (5.0 mg/ml)

Methotrexate (25.0 mg/ml)

Mitomycin C (0.5 mg/ml)

Mitoxantrone HCl (2.0 mg/ml)

Paclitaxel (6.0 mg/ml)

Rituximab (10.0 mg/ml)

Trisenox (1.0 mg/ml)

Vincristine Sulfate (1.0 mg/ml)

The following chemotherapy drugs have low permeation times:

Carmustine (3.3 mg/ml) : 33.8 minutes

Thiotepa (10.0 mg/ml) : 128.1 minutes

Warning: Not for Use with: Carmustine, Thiotepa

The tested Opioid is:

Fentanyl Citrate Injection (100 mcg/2 mL)

Permeation: no breakthrough up to 240 minutes