Spotlight: Halyard’s Lavender Nitrile Exam Gloves
As with any of your PPE, each scenario within your practice comes with both regulations and personal preferences. Having the right Personal Protection Equipment or PPE for each member of your team is one of the most important tools in your toolkit. It’s your everyday shield against any harmful germs or pathogens that may be roaming undetected. Coming up on what we all *hope* is the tail end of a pandemic, we have learned that we can’t afford to take any chances and it is essential that we educate ourselves on our options. We have highlighted each of the other Halyard options, so we now bring you to our final glove in our Halyard line-up – and it is actually one of our best sellers, the Lavender Nitrile. As one of the most light weight gloves Halyard carries, these are the perfect fit for so many of your general purpose needs. As we have mentioned time and time again, Halyard’s gloves exceed the requirements set for standard PPE through their comfort, versatility, and quality.
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Halyard’s Lavender Nitrile Gloves
The Lavender Gloves are the best seller among Halyard’s Nitrile Exam Gloves. They’re thinner than the ones we’ve talked about before, but they’re more breathable, flexible, and have been approved more than two other leading “stretch latex” gloves out there. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t up to offer incredible protection. Can you find cheaper gloves elsewhere? Certainly. But we can assure you, it won’t be these. Latex and vinyl gloves are still widely used for general purpose equipment because, honestly, quality isn’t always a factor. Their level of protection can’t go against some of the heavier requirements needed beyond just general use and therefor can’t be used in nearly as many of the same extensive medical scenarios as nitrile. With Halyard’s Lavender Nitrile gloves, cost and quality go hand-in-hand.
Versatility
We could just say the material is Nitrile and end this section here. But instead, let’s dive into what the material does that mean to you?
- Halyard’s Lavender Nitrile Gloves are resistant to everyday-use medical chemicals. They’re recommended for low to medium exposure to chemicals and liquids, and you can even wear them under your regular work gloves to prevent permeation.
- Nitrile is 3-4 times more puncture-resistant than latex, Nitrile is the way to go if you need tough protection.
- Nitrile has also been proven as one of the longest lasting materials for shelf life. Under the right and proper conditions, your nitrile gloves can have a shelf life of possibly 5-10 years. Just keep them in the original packaging and stored in the proper room conditions.
- Halyard’s Lavender Nitrile Gloves have been approved in use for many tasks like: Dispensing general medications, transporting patients, routine oral care, non-invasive general physical examinations, and specimen container transport
Quality Assurance
Halyard’s Lavender Nitrile Gloves meet and/or exceed most standard requirements for competing gloves. This means that they are significantly less likely to have critical defects than exam gloves that just meet the ASTM 2.5 AQL requirement. Here are some other important points to note:
- They have an AQL (Acceptable Quality Level) of 1.0 for critical defects. Meets or exceeds ASTM D6319 – Standard Specification for Nitrile Examination Glove for Medical Applications
- Meets or exceeds biocompatible 10993 studies for systemic toxicity, irritation and sensitization endpoints
- Passes Viral Penetration Testing – ASTM F1671 – 07 Standard Test Method for Resistance of Materials Used in Protective Clothing to Penetration by Blood-Borne Pathogens Using Phi-X174 Bacteriophage Penetration as a Test System
- And they’ve been tested against common healthcare chemicals including: Glutaraldehyde, Formaldehyde, Povidone iodine, and Quaternary detergent
Sizes
With the variety of sizes Halyard has provided, you’ll definitely find a size to meet the needs of your whole team. These gloves can be purchased at 9.5-inch and 12-inch lengths for maximum coverage. They also range in sizes: extra-small (XS), small (S), medium (M), large (L) and extra-large (XL). And you can even buy them in bulk cases here.
Comfort
Once you put them on, your Halyard Lavender Nitrile Gloves will essentially form fit to your hand using your own body heat. With their primary material being acrylonitrile butadiene, these gloves won’t cause any irritation or Type-1 allergic reaction that comes about from rubber or latex proteins. And these are powder-less gloves, so they’re both frictionless and irritation-free for a safe and easy removal. No tearing them apart just to get them off.
And Halyard’s Lavender Nitrile Exam Gloves have been preferred by 85% of healthcare professionals when tested. They preferred Halyard’s Lavender Nitrile Exam Gloves over two leading brands for for tactile sensitivity, easier finger and hand movement, less hand fatigue, softness, coolness and comfort.
SmartPULL Packaging
Halyard utilizes their SmartPULL packaging to ensure that there’s way less glove waste than other competitors. The SmartPULL packaging comes with two numbered opening tabs on the top. Start by only opening tab 1 to ensure you only get the amount of gloves you need at one time. As they run out and they become harder to dispense, simply pull out tab 2 for ease of access until the box is empty.
Final Thoughts
The versatility and quality of Nitrile gloves makes it an obvious go-to these days for gloves in most industries. If you have any further questions about how Halyard has gone the extra mile with quality of life improvements to an existing formula, check out our website or feel free to call customer service at 704-966-1650. Halyard’s Lavender Nitrile Exam Gloves are just another example of that. To purchase, click here.
Or you can check out Halyard’s other types of PPE gloves available here.
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