TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ronkainen, Sanna
TI  - Are Rubber Gloves Marketed as Accelerator-Free Truly Free of Accelerators?
SN  - 1710-3568
PY  - 2020///
KW  - IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Dermatology
KW  - Journal Article
KW  - Retracted Publication
N2  - 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
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/DER.0000000000000508
ER  -