Gloves

We supply a range of sterile and non-sterile gloves, ideal for GP surgeries, hospitals, dentists and all other medical environments.

Sterile gloves have a higher AQL (acceptable quality level) of pinholes. Sterile gloves typically have an AQL of 1.0 to 1.5 and non-sterile gloves have an AQL of 1.5 to 2.5.   An AQL of 1 means that fewer than 1% of all gloves in a sample set have pinholes.  An AQL of 2.5 means that fewer than 2.5% of all gloves in a sample set have pinholes.

Sterile gloves are used for surgical procedures primarily.  As a result of the sterilization process, higher AQL standards, and stricter packaging standards, sterile gloves are more expensive than non-sterile gloves.

Because non-sterile gloves are less expensive than sterile gloves and have been found to pose no higher risk of infection for non-surgical procedures when compared with sterile gloves, non-sterile gloves are used for the majority of medical procedures that are considered non-surgical.