Are Rubber Gloves Marketed as Accelerator-Free Truly Free of Accelerators?.
Are Rubber Gloves Marketed as Accelerator-Free Truly Free of Accelerators?.
- 2020
BACKGROUND: Allergic contact dermatitis to rubber accelerators in gloves has been well described in the literature. In response to this, glove manufacturers have recently marketed "accelerator-free" gloves. Little research has been done, to confirm whether these gloves are truly free from the accelerators known to cause contact dermatitis. CONCLUSION: Patients with allergic contact dermatitis to accelerators should be aware potentially sensitizing accelerators may be present in gloves that are reported to not contain them. METHODS: A total of 16 commercially available medical gloves touted as "accelerator-free," "sensitive," or "low dermatitis potential" were obtained and analyzed via mass spectrometry (liquid chromatography heated electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography heated electrospray high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry) to determine whether any of the 9 known rubber accelerators were present (thiurams, carbamates, mercaptobenzothiazole, and diphenylguanidine). OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to verify use of accelerators in reportedly accelerator-free/low-dermatitis-potential gloves. RESULTS: Despite marketing claims to the contrary, all tested gloves had at least 1 accelerant detected. Dipentamethylenethiuram disulfide, a thiuram, was found in all 16 gloves. Half of the gloves (8/16) contained more than 1 accelerator, with 1 glove having 5 rubber accelerators present.
English
1710-3568
01206501-202003000-00007 [pii] 10.1097/DER.0000000000000508 [doi]
IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Dermatology
Journal Article
Retracted Publication
BACKGROUND: Allergic contact dermatitis to rubber accelerators in gloves has been well described in the literature. In response to this, glove manufacturers have recently marketed "accelerator-free" gloves. Little research has been done, to confirm whether these gloves are truly free from the accelerators known to cause contact dermatitis. CONCLUSION: Patients with allergic contact dermatitis to accelerators should be aware potentially sensitizing accelerators may be present in gloves that are reported to not contain them. METHODS: A total of 16 commercially available medical gloves touted as "accelerator-free," "sensitive," or "low dermatitis potential" were obtained and analyzed via mass spectrometry (liquid chromatography heated electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography heated electrospray high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry) to determine whether any of the 9 known rubber accelerators were present (thiurams, carbamates, mercaptobenzothiazole, and diphenylguanidine). OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to verify use of accelerators in reportedly accelerator-free/low-dermatitis-potential gloves. RESULTS: Despite marketing claims to the contrary, all tested gloves had at least 1 accelerant detected. Dipentamethylenethiuram disulfide, a thiuram, was found in all 16 gloves. Half of the gloves (8/16) contained more than 1 accelerator, with 1 glove having 5 rubber accelerators present.
English
1710-3568
01206501-202003000-00007 [pii] 10.1097/DER.0000000000000508 [doi]
IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Dermatology
Journal Article
Retracted Publication