Tips for Selecting the Right Cleanroom Gloves
To change or upgrade your cleanroom gloves, it might require some times due to consideration. Making the right decision could have a positive influence on employee satisfaction and product yields. It is important to choose the right cleanroom gloves as every square inch of human body have average of 32 million bacteria on it. When choosing cleanroom gloves, consider factors listed below.
Form a Selection Group
Many people stuck in selecting and qualifying new product to be used in the cleanroom. To make the purchasing goes well, production managers, engineers, cleanroom materials specialists, and purchasing should all involve. Make sure the gloves does not violate any health regulations and fulfill international standard. Users will then provide feedback on comfort and dexterity issues after using the glove.
Carefully consider your process/products
Each cleanroom in every industry has different requirement. When choosing gloves, look for the label on the gloves to match your cleanroom classification you operate. A normal process of producing cleanroom gloves should go through compounding special formulation, dipping, glove curing, stripping, surface treatment, laundry and drying, and packaging. If you operate in a sterile environment, it can completely removes or destroy viable organisms. They are packaged in cleanroom before sending for sterilization.
Evaluate Glove's Performance
Some cleanroom environment like electronics, semiconductor, and nanotechnology are sensitive to static. To evaluate the glove's performance, the manufacturer should go through several tests such as electrostatic discharge test, powder residue test, tensile strength analysis, and water leak test. Durability and tensile strength are two important features to consider when choosing cleanroom gloves.
The comfort of glove is also part of consideration. A comfort glove is soft and stretchy when wearing it. Some people prefer wearing a comfort glove while some works go well with ambidextrous gloves. To make sure you can hold the items easily without slipping, the tacking level is also very important. There are designs with texture on fingertips or adding slick grip on it.
The comfort and strength can be influence by the glove's material too. Latex gloves are more comfortable while nitrile gloves have more strength and avoid problems of latex allergies. Some manufacturers use nitrile based technology to combine the comfort of latex and strength of nitrile for gloves. To make sure the users have the best experience with the gloves produced, most of the suppliers provide a range of glove size with different length.
Demand certification
Also, the certification of glove examination is something we should not neglect. Make sure the supplier provide certificates of each product, such as particle counts, extractable counts, trend data, specification sheets, and irradiation certificates. Riverstone are certified with ISO9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 13485:2003. You can also access our FDA and Canadian General Standard Bureau (CGSB) certification 24/7 on our website.
The proof is in the packaging
When mentioned about cleanroom, the design, operator procedures, correct cleaning and sanitization are critical. All the items should be controlled, cleaned, and monitored to avoid contamination happened. Cleanroom gloves should be packaged in cleamroom with plastic bag, pr additional with coated paper in the individual pair packages.
