Glove Quality Verification Program

The chemical signature of glove raw material “ingredients” are tested to ensure consistency of manufacturing and to ensure they do not contain potentially toxic chemicals which could impact food and medical safety and glove user health.

Specific glove types can effect the risk of pathogen cross-contamination, due to the surface free energy of their surfaces. The test identifies the cross-contamination pick-up and transfer potential for glove surfaces with respect to both spoilage and pathogenic species in various food and human soils.

Glove type, quality and acceptable quality level (AQL) can affect the microbial contamination, and the possibility of glove particle contaminants in food. Structural integrity tests verify Eagle gloves exceed medical grade AQL requirements, ensuring against contamination through pinhole defects. Quality raw material ingredients guarantee higher strength.

Bioburden on both the inside (skin contact) and outside (food and patient contact) of gloves are tested to ensure against fungal and microbial contaminants that could pose a threat to the glove wearer, and the product or person handled. These tests provide a specific profile in respect to how our gloves are manufactured, to ensure against contamination.

The gloves are tested for a wide variety of chemicals and toxic exposure that could result in a dermal or systemic toxicity, ensuring against skin irritation and occupational skin diseases of the wearer. Our tests detect chemicals or conditions consisting, but not limited to: pesticides, microbial contaminants, endotoxins, glycols, detergents/soaps, oils, other than optimal pH, phthalate plasticizers, bisphenol A (BPA), heavy metals and formaldehyde.