Medical surgical gloves, medical examination gloves, medical protective gloves... What is the difference between these medical gloves with different names?

The difference between medical surgical gloves and medical examination gloves:

1. Most of the medical examination gloves belong to the first class of medical devices, and the medical surgical gloves belong to the second class of medical devices. The product classification is different, and the intensity of supervision is different.

Of course, some of the medical examination gloves will be classified into the second category of medical equipment, this depends on the manufacturer's submission of products, such as PE film gloves, polyethylene film gloves.

However, a class of medical equipment also belongs to qualified medical examination gloves.

2. Function:

a. Medical examination gloves: Examination gloves are articles worn on the hands of examiners during medical examinations to prevent cross-infection between doctors and patients.

b. Medical surgical gloves: used to wear on the hands of the surgical staff to prevent the spread of dander and bacteria to the open surgical wound, and to prevent the body fluids of the surgical patient from spreading to the medical staff, playing a two-way biological protection role. The product is sterilized by ethylene oxide, provided aseptically, and used for one time.

3. Relatively speaking, medical examination gloves will be thinner, shorter, and not individually packaged, regardless of left and right hands, but medical surgical gloves will be thicker and longer, and the cuffs need to be covered.

To put it simply, medical surgical gloves not only need to be placed for cross-infection, but also need to have a certain blocking effect on blood and some germs to prevent blood and germ infections.

The main purpose of examination gloves is to prevent contact with cross-infection.

Of course, to strictly distinguish the difference between medical examination gloves and medical surgical gloves, you can directly look at the outer packaging, both of which belong to regular medical devices, so the formal product name must be written on the outer packaging, and directly write " You can also distinguish between "medical examination gloves" and "medical surgical gloves".

There is another way, you can look at the "Recording Certificate" or "Registration Certificate Number" written on the package, and then take the Drug Administration to fill in the approval number, you can search for the product's approval qualification and product details Introduction information, etc.