[NHCOLL-L:1168] RE: gloves for formalin handling

[Simmons, John E]

Do not use latex.  Formaldehyde penetrates latex quickly.  Buy your gloves
from a reputable company such as Fisher or Lab Safety Supply, which has a
listing of glove materials and which chemicals they are resistant to, or use
such a chart to identify the glove manufacturer so you can purchase them
from another distributor.

In our lab, we use Nitrile gloves.  These come in a thin, short-lived glove
(I believe good for about 8 hr exposure) and a much thicker, longer-lived
glove.

--John

John E. Simmons
Collection Manager, Natural History Museum
and
Coordinator, Historical Administration and Museum Studies Program
University of Kansas
Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7561
Phone 785-864-4508
FAX 785-864-5335
jsimmons at ku.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: James B. Ladonski [mailto:jladonski at fieldmuseum.org]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:46 AM
To: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:1167] gloves for formalin handling


Hello,

What type of gloves (both single use and reusable) do you recommend for use 
with formalin?  What type offers the best protection?  Are there any recent 
papers on this subject?

Thanks for your advice,


James B. Ladonski
Collection Assistant
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL  60605-2496  USA
Phone:  312.665.7722
Fax:  312.665.7697
Email:  jladonski at fmnh.org
http://www.fmnh.org/research_collections/zoology/divisions_amphibians.htm