ANSELL LTD

Powdered Surgical Gloves with high Tactile Sensitivity

Ansell Healthcare is a worldwide leader in hand protection for healthcare practitioners.

At Ansell Professional Healthcare, we manufacture and market a wide range of surgical and examination gloves. Our extensive portfolio of powdered, powder-free and synthetic examination and surgical gloves provides appropriate barrier protection for all healthcare professionals.
 
In hospitals, caregivers use our standard surgery gloves and specialty gloves for micro-surgery, orthopaedics and X-ray protection.

In non-hospital settings, the same professional gloves are used by dentists, independent nursing professionals, private practitioners and laboratory staff.

Professional caregivers recognize the outstanding quality of our entire range, including: 

• DermaPrene Ultra, a synthetic, accelerator-free surgical glove;
• Encore, a top-of-the-line surgical glove range for all types of surgery;
• Gammex PF, a new generation of powder-free latex surgical gloves;
• Micro-Touch, a superior examination glove combining comfort and safety.

THESE SURGICAL GLOVES ARE CLASSIFIED INTO 3 CATEGORIES

Powdered Surgical Gloves

Encore Original Style 42, Gammex™, Handsell™, Medi-Grip™ Plus and Sensi-Touch™

Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Encore, Encore Acclaim, Encore MicrOptic, Encore Orthopaedic, Gammex™ PF, Gammex™ PF HydraSoft® ,L3™ ,Medi-Grip™ PF ,Micro-Thin Nutex™ ,Micro-Thin™ PF ,Micro-Touch® PF2 ,Nutex™ and Nutex™ non sterile

Synthetic Surgical Gloves

DermaPrene® Ultra

THESE EXAMINATION GLOVES ARE CLASSIFIED INTO 3 CATEGORIES 

Powdered Examination Gloves

Exam-Tex Plus™ and Micro-Touch® Powdered

Powder-free Examination Gloves

DermaClean™, Micro-Touch® HydraCare®, Micro-Touch® HydraCare® Dental, Micro-Touch® Ultra PF, No Powder™ Exam Sterile, SensiClean and SensiClean II

Synthetic Examination Gloves

Dispos-a-Glove*, Ethiparat, Micro-Touch® DermaPrene®, Micro-Touch®, Nitrile® NitraTex® & NitraTex® EP and Synsation™

The products for each category are:

Powdered Surgical Gloves

• Encore Original Style 42
• Gammex™
• Handsell™
• Medi-Grip™ Plus
• Sensi-Touch™

Encore Original Style 42 – Powdered Surgical Gloves

Curved formers and beaded cuffs. It is offered as an alternative fit to the core range of Ansell surgical gloves

• PE (Polyethylene) packaging and very easy to peel down.
  
• Low allergenicity: Very low protein content is enjoyed as a result of the lengthy leaching processes and postproduction washing cycles. Protein content is measured by the use of the HPLC and Modified Lowry methods. Other low allergenic features include reduced chemical residues and thiurams-free, skin-friendly formulations.
  
• Ultra safe: Extensive bacteriophage tests have demonstrated and confirmed the gloves` resistance to viral penetration. Our quality control is assured by the use of AQL inspection methods.

Features and Benefits:

The Original Style 42 provides uncompromising quality in a standard latex surgical glove. Its smooth finish offers maximum tactile sensitivity. It`s made using advanced technologies to lower powder and protein levels

• Smooth finish for maximum tactile sensitivity
• Soft and comfortable
• Bio-absorbable cornstarch powder used as a lubricant

Gammex™ – Powdered Surgical Gloves

Applications: All types of surgery

The Gammex glove provides an optimal combination of comfort, plus ease-of-use. Produced on Ansell anatomic formers, it provides superior comfort and a fit that`s natural to the hand. Its textured surface facilitates a better instrument grip in both damp and dry environments. The straight cuff and enforced band ensure a secure hold on the surgical gown. This glove is powdered, which makes donning and double gloving easier.

• Superior tactile sensitivity: The high level of sensitivity is realized, thanks to the thickness that ranges from just 0.20 to 0.25 mm.

Handsell™ – Powdered Surgical Gloves

High performance in terms of:

• softness
• comfort
• elasticity
• sensitivity
• resistance to tearing or puncture
• greatly reduced allergenic potential
• low levels of residual process chemicals
• low levels of latex proteins
• Bio-absorbable cornstarch powder used as a lubricant.

Features and Benefits:

• Softness
• Tactile sensitivity
• Textured surface for better grip in a damp or dry environment
• Straight cuff and sticky band ensure a secure hold on the surgical gown.

Medi-Grip™ Plus – Powdered Surgical Gloves

Applications: Surgical procedures

Produced on anatomic formers, it provides an excellent fit. It has a long tapered cuff that ensures a secure hold on the surgical gown. Its microtextured surface ensures a safe and secure grip on instruments. And it is powdered, which makes donning and double gloving easier.
 
Sensi-Touch™ – Powdered Surgical Gloves

Applications: All types of surgery

Features and Benefits:  

• High level of tactile sensitivity: The high level of sensitivity is realized by the glove`s special optimized thickness, ranging from just 0.22 to 0.24 mm (single wall thickness).
• Safety: The glove`s textured surface ensures a secure grip on instruments in both damp and dry environments. The straight cuff ensures a secure hold on the surgical gown. The glove`s (310mm) length is longer than a standard surgical glove, for additional protection.
• The glove passes the ASTM F-1671 Bacteriophage testing for viral penetration.
• The Sensi-Touch glove combines thinness with high tear resistance, for optimal barrier protection.
• Low allergenicity: Ansell tests powdered gloves as thoroughly as powder-free and synthetic gloves. Allergic reaction testing is based on the ISO10993-10 test. Test results on the Sensi-Touch glove indicate that: No evidence of skin sensitization is found.

Powder Free Surgical Gloves

Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Encore, Encore Acclaim, Encore MicrOptic, Encore Orthopaedic, Gammex™ PF, Gammex™ PF HydraSoft® ,L3™ ,Medi-Grip™ PF ,Micro-Thin Nutex™ ,Micro-Thin™ PF ,Micro-Touch® PF2 ,Nutex™ and Nutex™ non sterile

Encore Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Encore surgical gloves provide a powder-free, top-quality solution for each category of professional use. They offer far more than the safety of powder-free latex. They also offer the Ansell Research and Development focus on continuous improvement in:

• Easier donning and double- gloving, thanks to a proprietary inner coating.
• Comfort similar to powdered latex gloves
• Specific formers that are adapted to the powder-free technology
• Carefully defined latex formulations that offer great flexibility, elasticity and comfort.
• Better grip and instrument handling
• Closely controlled dosage at the final chlorination stage
• Constant monitoring of grip values through friction tests on line, and during post processing.

The Encore exclusive inner coating

To facilitate easy donning, each of the four powder free surgical glove models in the Encore range is made with an exclusive inner coating. This is a water-based synthetic inner coating composed out of polyurethane. This inner coating:

• Acts as a protective shield, reducing contact with potential latex allergens
• Will not crackle down (as often does with alcohol based coatings)
• Is resistant to alcohol based hand disinfectants
• Maintains its integrity over time, even during long procedures
• Facilitates double gloving (when extra safety is required).
• The Encore is a latest-generation powder-free latex surgical glove. It`s designed to meet the needs of users who want a rough-surfaced glove for the sure handling of instruments, with maximum comfort and safety levels.
• The textured exterior finish provides a high level of grip on instruments and tissue in wet and dry environments
• The specific latex formulation provides great flexibility, elasticity and comfort.

Encore Acclaim Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Features

• Optimized thickness for higher sensitivity
• Additional smoothing component for greater flexibility, elasticity and comfort 
• Smooth external surface with specific treatment provides an excellent grip on instruments in wet and dry environments
• Excellent fat resistance, making it long-lasting.

Encore MicrOptic Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Features

• High levels of tactile sensitivity
• Micro-textured external surface for a secure grip on instruments
• Allows exceptional dexterity
• Extraordinary strength-to-thickness ratio for confident barrier protection
• Brown colour reduces reflective glare.

Encore Orthopaedic Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Features

• 40% more resistant than standard surgical gloves
• Greater thickness
• Comfort and sensitivity
• Textured surface delivers outstanding grip in wet and dry environments
• Brown colour reduces reflective glare

Gammex™ PF Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Integrating Ansell`s exclusive powder-free technology, the Gammex PF glove is easily donned, even with damp hands. The micro-rough textured outer surface ensures a secure grip in wet or dry conditions to facilitate the most delicate instrument handling.
Because of the greatest attention to every aspect of the glove`s design and formulation, the Gammex PF glove feels like a second skin. It delivers comfort, elasticity, and sensitivity, plus a natural fit that helps prevent hand fatigue

The Gammex PF glove is recognized for its high degree of safety, providing a secure protective barrier that has also been validated by extensive quality controls. It offers especially high levels of resistance to tear, alcohol-based hand disinfectants, and viral penetration. The glove has very low protein content. Its formulation is thiuram and MBT free, and patients are protected by close monitoring of pyrogen and endotoxin levels at the time of manufacture.

Features and Benefits

• Donning is made easy, even with damp hands, thanks to the glove`s water-based synthetic (polyurethane) inner-coating.
• A combination of hydrophilic and hydrophobic components is integrated within the inner-coating.
• Friction and blocking is reduced by the hydrophobic components.
• Upon contact with wet hands, the hydrophilic components release a lubricant that improves donning ease. The result: much easier intra-operative changes.

When additional safety is required, the inner-coating also makes double-gloving is easy. For example, Gammex PF can be used as an outer glove in a double-gloving system with an Ansell Micro-Thin PF or DermaPrene Ultra as the underglove.

• Comfortable with sensitivity: The relaxed, natural fit is assisted by an optimized thumb location. Hand fatigue is minimized by a larger thumb ball.
• To avoid shrinkage, we use a specially designed former that is adapted to the glove`s powder-free inner-coating.
• Increased comfort, elasticity and flexibility are facilitated by an additional soothing component, which is built into the glove`s special latex film.
• Thinner latex at the palm and fingers enhances sensitivity.
• Secure hold on the surgical gown is made by the glove`s adhesive band, which is located on the top of the straight cuff. This unique design relieves pressure from the forearm whilst operating.
• Low allergenicity is also assured by reduced chemical residues. And the glove`s formulation is friendly to the skin because it`s free of thiurams and MTB (mercaptobenzothiazoles).

Gammex™ PF HydraSoft® Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Revolutionary new HydraSoft® technology from Ansell is designed to retain moisture and rehydrate your skin, despite the negative effects of continual glove-wearing and frequent contact with severe anti-bacterials. HydraSoft® helps keep your skin moist, supple and fulfilling its natural barrier functions.
HydraSoft® technology from Ansell actively retains moisture and rehydrates the skin during use. The odourless inner-coating made with HydraSoft® technology contains a skin-friendly humectant moisturizer that penetrates into the stratum corneum, where it attracts and retains water. The coating also contains Dimethicone, which forms a protective barrier that blocks attacks from foreign substances and prevents the skin from drying out. The result is a soft, smooth and moisturized skin.

HydraSoft® is gentle to sensitive skin, yet provides robust protection against drying or cracking.

Synthetic Surgical and Radiation Shielding Latex Gloves

L3™  Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Features and Benefits

• Made from radiation shielding lead encapsulated latex
• Effective hand protection against scattered radiation during procedures using X-Rays
• Not intended for use in, or adjacent to, the primary X-Ray beam
• Orange colour to facilitate identification.

Medi-Grip™ PF Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Features and Benefits

• Assured quality control, based on AQL inspection procedures: final release 1.5 for pinholes (GI), water leak test and before packaging 0.065 for pinholes (G III), air leak test.
• lubricant treatment using chlorination for easy donning
• soft and comfortable to avoid hand fatigue during use
• simultaneously highly sensitive and resistant
• Straight cuff and sticky band ensure a secure hold on the surgical gown.

Micro-Thin Nutex™ Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Applications: Microsurgery
The Micro-Thin Nutex glove is 25% thinner than a standard surgical glove. This results in a highly superior level of tactile sensitivity. The glove`s textured surface is designed to provide a sure grip in damp or dry environments.

Micro-Touch® PF2 Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Applications: All types of surgical procedures.
The glove offers a favourable strength-to-thickness ratio providing an optimal protective barrier.

Nutex™ Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Features and Benefits

• lubricant treatment using chlorination for better donning
• siliconisation treatment for increased softness and comfort
• simultaneously highly sensitive and resistant
• textured surface for better grip in a damp or dry environment
• Straight cuff and sticky band ensure a secure hold on the surgical gown.

Nutex™ non sterile Powder-free Surgical Gloves

Features and Benefits

• anatomical shape
• high sensitivity in fingers and palm
• surface treatment for easy donning
• textured external surface for good grip and instrument handling
• precuffed
• Left hand / right hand dispenser. 

Synthetic Surgical Gloves

• DermaPrene® Ultra
• Ideal for allergy prevention
• Latex-like comfort and ease-of-use
• Easy to don, even with damp hand
• Outstanding handling and grip
• Superior safety

Latex Examination Gloves

Powdered Examination Gloves

Exam-Tex Plus™ and Micro-Touch® Powdered Examination Gloves

Exam-Tex Plus™ Powdered Examination Gloves

Features and Benefits

• excellent elasticity
• high resistance to puncture or tearing
• lightly powdered
• beaded cuff prevents roll-down

Micro-Touch® Powdered Examination Gloves

Applications: All types of examination procedures.
The MICRO-TOUCH Powdered glove is soft and comfortable. It gives healthcare professionals an optimal fit. The glove has a smooth finish that provides excellent tactile sensitivity. 

Examination Gloves with Chamomile and Moisturizer

Powder-free Examination Gloves

DermaClean™, Micro-Touch® HydraCare®, Micro-Touch® HydraCare® Dental, Micro-Touch® Ultra PF, No Powder™ Exam Sterile, SensiClean and SensiClean II

DermaClean™ Powder-free Examination Gloves

Applications: Daily patient examinations

With a specific latex formulation DermaClean offers excellent elasticity, flexibility and fit. Additionally, the external surface is silicon-sprayed, increasing softness and comfort.

Micro-Touch® HydraCare® Powder-free Examination Gloves

In order to minimize the effect of continual glove usage on hands, Ansell has introduced the new MICRO-TOUCH HydraCare. This is the first latex examination glove to combine chamomile and a moisturizer to offer healthcare professionals both protection and skin care.

Micro-Touch® HydraCare® Dental Powder-free Examination Gloves

Dentists work more hours each day wearing protective gloves, than most other healthcare professionals. In answer to their unique needs, Ansell has introduced a new powder-free, non-sterile latex examination glove that`s especially made for dentists. It`s designed to provide an optimal solution for the skin protection and skin care that dentists` hands need in their practice. This new glove is part of the company`s popular and highly respected MICRO-TOUCH glove range, the technology benchmark for safety, comfort and ease of use.

Micro-Touch® Ultra PF Powder-free Examination Gloves

Applications: Daily patient examinations.

No Powder™ Exam Sterile Powder-free Examination Gloves

Features and Benefits

• reduced latex protein and residual chemical content
• microtextured surface for good grip and instrument handling
• easy donning due to chlorination and siliconisation
• beaded cuff
• Packaged in pairs, with double wrapping.

SensiClean Powder-free Examination Gloves

Applications: Daily patient examinations.

SensiClean II Powder-free Examination Gloves
Applications: All types of examination procedures

Latex Allergy Prevention Gloves

Synthetic Examination Gloves

Dispos-a-Glove*, Ethiparat, Micro-Touch® DermaPrene®, Micro-Touch®, Nitrile® NitraTex® & NitraTex® EP and Synsation™

Dispos-a-Glove* Synthetic Examination Gloves
Features and Benefits

• Made from copolymer materials (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Film)
• Good tactile sensitivity
• Presented on a backing paper for easy donning
• Available in sterile and non sterile versions.

Ethiparat Synthetic Examination Gloves
Features and Benefits are similar to those of Dispos-a-Glove*

Micro-Touch® DermaPrene® Synthetic Examination Gloves

Applications: Daily examination procedures for healthcare professionals and patients who are allergic to latex. Prevention of latex sensitization

Micro-Touch® Nitrile® Synthetic Examination Gloves

Used in examination and lab procedures where a protection barrier is required: decontamination and cleaning of instruments, lab testing and chemotherapy preparation.

NitraTex® & NitraTex® EP Synthetic Examination Gloves

Features are similar to Micro-Touch® Nitrile®.

NitraTex EP similar to NitraTex.
300 mm long, they offer a larger protective surface area against exposure to chemical products.

Synsation™ Synthetic Examination Gloves
 Used for short procedures that does not involve exposure to blood or other potentially infectious body fluids.