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h!" art!#le tal$" about ho% !nfe#t!on #ontrol %!th glo&e" ha" #hanged throughout the year". 'efore regulat!on", no prote#t!&e e(u!pment %a" re(u!red to be %orn by the pra#t!t!oner. )nl!$e no%, there !" a "mall l!"t of per"onal prote#t!&e e(u!pment that mu"t be %orn dur!ng e&ery appo!ntment to el!m!nate r!"$ of #ontam!nat!on. here are many ne% mater!al" u"ed to ma$e glo&e" to a&o!d any allerg!# rea#t!on". Glo&e" %ere not re(u!red to be %orn dur!ng appo!ntment" unt!l 1*+2 %hen the ,enter" for -!"ea"e ,ontrol and .re&ent!on (,-,) #la""!f!ed the a#(u!red !mmune def!#!en#y "yndrome (/0-S) a" a d!"ea"e. he ,-, and the 1##upat!onal Safety and 2ealth /dm!n!"trat!on (1S2/) mandated un!&er"al pre#aut!on" to prote#t the oral health profe""!onal and the pat!ent from bloodborne pathogen". 1ral health profe""!onal" "hould ha&e hea&y-duty ut!l!ty glo&e" and med!#al grade glo&e" that are "ter!le or non"ter!le. /" glo&e" %ere f!r"t be!ng u"ed, they %ere pr!mar!ly made from late3. /fter a "!gn!f!#ant amount of late3 allerg!e" %ere reported, other mater!al" "u#h a" n!tr!le, &!nyl and neoprene %ere u"ed to ma$e glo&e" !n"tead of late3. 0 agree %!th the !nformat!on !n#luded !n th!" art!#le be#au"e 0 re#all !n"tru#tor" "ay!ng they d!d not ha&e to %ear glo&e" !n the pa"t. h!" art!#le relate" to my dental hyg!ene #our"e" %hen %e tal$ed about /0-S and 1S2/. 0 learned that n!tr!le glo&e" are made from a #omb!nat!on of monomer"4 a#rylon!tr!le, butad!ene, and #arbo3yl!# a#!d. 0 al"o learned %hat ea#h of tho"e monomer" do. /#rylon!tr!le pro&!de" #hem!#al re"!"tan#e from petroleum ba"ed o!l" and hydro#arbon". 'utad!ene pro&!de" fle3!b!l!ty and ela"t!#!ty. /nd ,arbo3yl!# a#!d a!d" !n "trength and re"!"tan#e to pun#ture" and tear".