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	Publications of MRB Latest Publications MRB Digest Journal of Rubber Research 3^rd Qtr 2008 Vol 11(3) 2^nd Qtr 2008 Vol 11(2) 1^st Qtr 2008 Vol 11(1) 4^th Qtr 2007 Vol 10(4) 3^rd Qtr 2007 Vol 10(3) 2^nd Qtr 2007 Vol 10(2) 1^st Qtr 2007 Vol 10(1) 1^st Qtr 2006 Vol 9(1) 2^nd Qtr 2006 Vol 9(2) 3^rd Qtr 2006 Vol 9(3) 4^th Qtr 2006 Vol 9(4) Submit paper/article Order Form	Abstract An Assessment of the Endotoxin Contents of Natural Rubber Latex Medical Gloves A. Ikram and M.Y. Amir-Hashim The endotoxin levels of Malaysian Natural Rubber (NR) latex medical gloves were determined by a kinetic turbidimetric Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL) assay. The samples evaluated were 39 pairs of sterilised surgical gloves from 10 commercially-available brands and 21 pairs of non-sterilised examination gloves from 8 brands. The endotoxin concentrations ranged from 3.2 to 114.1 EU/glove pair for surgical gloves and from < 8.4 to 9,632 EU/glove pair for the examination gloves. In the case of surgical gloves, 72% had endotoxin activity below the specified FDA standard of 20 EU/device, while in the case of the non-sterilised examination gloves, only 38% had values below the specified level. There was no correlation between endotoxin concentrations and the presence of glove powders in the present study. back
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