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Posted By Mint
Can anyone point me to a source of information regarding allergy to nitrile, please?
We have an issue of skin irritation that may be linked to the gloves being worn.
Ironically, these gloves were sourced as an alternative to latex and its assocoated sensitivity problems!
Thanks.
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Posted By Diane Thomason
Hi there,
Have you searched the archives? There was a discussion on this previously.
Skin irritation from nitrile gloves is not common but a few cases do crop up. Apart from unpowdered latex, other alternatives include vinyl and neoprene - depends what you are doing.
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Posted By Mint
Thanks, Diane.
I've just had a read through some of the old threads and have picked up a few pointers.
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Posted By Chris Packham
Firstly, irritant contact dermatitis from occlusive gloves is common. It is irrelevant which gloves are being worn. The reaction is due to hyperhydration from the occlusion. In Germany this has been recognised and where such gloves are worn for more than 2 hours in total in an 8 hour shift this is now legally a hazardous situation and special precautions have to be taken (Regulation TRGS531).
Secondly, nitrile gloves frequently contain many of the same chemicals (thiurams, mercaptobenzothiazole etc.) that are to be found in natural rubber latex gloves and allergic reactions to these can occur.
For those seeking more information on this, the 'bible' is "Protective Gloves for Occupational Use", published by CRC Press, ISBN 0-8493-1558-1.
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