Designation:D5250−06(Reapproved2015)StandardSpecificationforPoly(vinylchloride)GlovesforMedicalApplication1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5250;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverscertainrequirementsforpoly-(vinylchloride)glovesusedinconductingmedicalexamina-tionsanddiagnosticandtherapeuticprocedures.Italsocoverspoly(vinylchloride)glovesusedinhandlingcontaminatedmedicalmaterial.1.2Thisspecificationprovidesforpoly(vinylchloride)glovesthatfiteitherhand,pairedgloves,andglovesbysize.Italsoprovidesforpackagedsterileornonsterileorbulknon-sterilepoly(vinylchloride)gloves.1.3Thisspecificationdoesnotcovertwo-dimensionalheatsealedpoly(vinylchloride)gloves.1.4ThisspecificationissimilartothatofSpecificationD3578forrubberexaminationgloves.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D412TestMethodsforVulcanizedRubberandThermoplas-ticElastomers—TensionD573TestMethodforRubber—DeteriorationinanAirOvenD3578SpecificationforRubberExaminationGlovesD3767PracticeforRubber—MeasurementofDimensionsD5151TestMethodforDetectionofHolesinMedicalGlovesD6124TestMethodforResidualPowderonMedicalGloves2.2OtherDocument:ISO2859SamplingProceduresandTablesforInspectionbyAttributes3U.S.Pharmacopeia43.Materials3.1Anypoly(vinylchloride)polymercompoundmaybeusedthatpermitstheglovetomeettherequirementsofthisstandard.3.2AlubricantthatmeetsthecurrentrequirementsoftheU.S.Pharmacopeiaforabsorbabledustingpowdermaybeappliedtotheglove.Otherlubricantsmaybeusediftheirsafetyandefficacyhavebeenpreviouslyestablished.3.3Theinsideandoutsidesurfaceofthepoly(vinylchlo-ride)examinationglovesshallbefreeoftalc.4.SignificanceandUse4.1Thespecificationisintendedasarefereeprocedureforevaluatingtheperformanceandsafetyofpoly(vinylchloride)examinationgloves.Thesafeandprope...
