Concerns over hepatitis, AIDS and other highly communicable diseases have helped fuel extensive growth in the disposable Latex gloves industry. Each year, billions of gloves are sold, and the market is steadily growing.
minimizing the risk of infection during patient care and surgery.
Your hands!
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Despite these early developments and the fact that other individuals were experimenting with this new invention in the United States and Europe, the invention of the surgical glove has been attributed to William Steward Halstead, MD.(4) Although Halstead may not have invented the surgical glove, he introduced the sterile latex reusable glove into the OR in 1894 and is thus considered by many to be the father of the surgical glove.