Clean, Sterile, and Autoclavable Class 100 Nitrile Gloves and Their Specific Applications

I. Medical Field

1. Surgical Operations

• In various surgical operations, including delicate procedures like cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, and ophthalmic surgery, clean, sterile, and autoclavable Class 100 nitrile gloves are essential protective gear for medical staff. Their high level of cleanliness can prevent contaminants such as particles and microorganisms on the surface of the gloves from entering the patient’s wound during the operation, reducing the risk of postoperative infections. For example, in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, even the tiniest bacteria or foreign substances entering the bloodstream can lead to serious complications. These gloves can provide a reliable barrier.
• For the manipulation of surgical instruments, the good tactile sensitivity of nitrile gloves enables medical staff to hold and operate the instruments precisely. In microsurgery, for instance, doctors can perform suturing, vascular anastomosis, and other operations more meticulously, as nimbly as if they were using their bare hands while maintaining a sterile environment at the same time.

2. Medical Examinations and Treatments

• During invasive examinations such as gastroscopy, colonoscopy, and puncture biopsies, medical staff wearing these gloves can avoid spreading external germs to patients and also prevent pathogens in patients’ bodies from contaminating their hands. When handling wound dressing changes, injections, and other operations for patients, the sterile and clean characteristics of these gloves ensure the safety of the operations and reduce the possibility of cross-infection.
• In some treatment scenarios with extremely high requirements for sterility, such as in the wards for bone marrow transplantation and immunotherapy, where medical staff frequently come into contact with patients and medical equipment, using clean, sterile, and autoclavable Class 100 nitrile gloves can maintain the sterile state of the treatment area and protect patients’ fragile immune systems.

3. Medical Laboratory Operations

• In medical testing laboratories, such as when testing blood, urine, and tissue samples, technicians need to operate the samples under sterile conditions. These gloves can prevent the samples from being contaminated and also protect the technicians from potential pathogens in the samples. In microbiology laboratories, when culturing and identifying bacteria and viruses, the sterile performance of the gloves ensures the accuracy of the experiments and prevents interference from external microorganisms. Moreover, their autoclavable property allows the gloves to be sterilized again and reused in case of accidental contamination.

II. Pharmaceutical Field

1. Drug Production

• During the production process of drugs, especially for sterile drugs (such as injections, ophthalmic preparations, etc.), clean, sterile, and autoclavable Class 100 nitrile gloves are the basic protective equipment for workers on the production line. Workers need to operate in a clean room environment, and these gloves can prevent contaminants such as microorganisms and skin flakes on their hands from entering the drug production process, ensuring the sterility and quality of the drugs. For example, in the production of injectable antibiotics, any impurities could affect the safety and effectiveness of the drugs, and nitrile gloves can effectively isolate pollution sources.
• In the drug packaging process, workers wearing gloves handle drug packaging materials to ensure the sterility and cleanliness of the packaging process and prevent the packaged drugs from being contaminated. Furthermore, the autoclavable property of these gloves enables them to be sterilized appropriately and reused when workers transfer between different grades of clean areas, reducing costs and resource waste.

2. Drug Research and Development Experiments

• In the laboratory stage of drug research and development, when researchers conduct experiments such as drug synthesis, formulation research, and drug activity testing, they need to operate under sterile and clean conditions. Clean, sterile, and autoclavable Class 100 nitrile gloves can prevent hand contamination of experimental samples and reagents during the experiment, ensuring the accuracy of experimental data. For example, in cell experiments, researchers contact cell cultures through gloves, avoiding the interference of microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi on their hands with cell growth and ensuring that cell experiments can proceed normally.

III. Electronics and Semiconductor Industry

1. Chip Manufacturing

• During the chip manufacturing process, the cleanliness requirements for the environment are extremely high. Tiny dust particles or microorganisms can cause problems such as chip short circuits and performance degradation. Clean, sterile, and autoclavable Class 100 nitrile gloves can prevent particles and microorganisms on the hands of workers from contaminating chips and production equipment. In key process steps such as photolithography, etching, and deposition, workers wearing these gloves for operations can ensure the high precision and high quality of chip production.
• When it is necessary to maintain and clean the production equipment, the chemical resistance of nitrile gloves enables them to come into contact with various cleaning agents and lubricants while maintaining a sterile state and avoiding contaminating the equipment and subsequent production processes.

2. Electronic Product Assembly

• In the assembly process of some high-end electronic products (such as smartphones, tablets, etc.), for the assembly of fine internal components such as circuit boards and display screens, it is required to operate in a clean environment. These gloves can prevent contaminants such as oil and dust on the hands of workers from adhering to the components of electronic products, improving the quality and performance of the products. Moreover, in the quality inspection process of electronic products, workers wearing gloves for operations can ensure the cleanliness and sterility of the inspection process and the accuracy of the inspection results.

IV. Food Processing and Biotechnology Field

1. Food Sterile Processing

• In food processing steps such as aseptic packaging and filling after ultra-high-temperature short-time sterilization, workers wearing clean, sterile, and autoclavable Class 100 nitrile gloves can prevent the contamination of food by microorganisms on their hands. For example, during the aseptic filling process of dairy products, the gloves can ensure the sterility of the products during packaging and extend the shelf life of the products. In the processing of some high-value-added foods (such as baby foods, health foods, etc.), the use of these gloves is even more strictly regulated to ensure the safety and high quality of the foods.

2. Biotechnology Experiments and Production

• In biotechnology laboratories, such as in gene editing and protein purification experiments, experimenters need to operate biological samples and reagents under sterile conditions. Clean, sterile, and autoclavable Class 100 nitrile gloves can provide good protection, prevent the samples from being contaminated, and also avoid exposing experimenters to potential biological hazards. In the production process of biological products (such as biological vaccines, biological enzymes, etc.), the sterile and autoclavable characteristics of the gloves ensure the cleanliness of the production process and the stability of product quality.