Medical gloves are medical safety accessories that ensure sanitary hospital conditions by limiting patients' exposure to infectious matter. They also serve to protect health professionals from disease through contact with bodily fluids. Medical gloves are disposable gloves used during medical examinations and procedures to help prevent cross-contamination between caregivers and patients. Medical gloves are made of different polymers including latex, nitrile rubber, polyvinyl chloride and neoprene; they come unpowdered, or powdered with cornstarch to lubricate the gloves, making them easier to put on the hands.
An Examination gloves (patient examination) glove is a disposable device intended for medical purposes that is worn on the examiner’s hand or finger to prevent contamination between patient and examiner. They are ambidextrous Examination grade gloves, also sometimes referred to as medical gloves, were originally designed for non-surgical medical procedures, but are also used in a variety of other applications where users seek added peace of mind regarding the glove quality. Latex gloves are being used in medical industry, automobile industry and manufacturing industry including food processing. The major purpose of using these rubber gloves are to protect the hand and fingers from heat, abrasion, electric shocks, chemical attack, contamination through direct contact as in the case of medical examination gloves etc. Rubber gloves manufacturing process is not complex and the main raw material is rubber latex.
Indian surgical glove market is growing at 15% while the demand for examination gloves has been rising by 20%per annum. The Global Rubber Gloves market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.5% between 2014 and 2022. The factors such as rising healthcare expenditure, increasing health threats and increasing hygiene awareness and healthcare regulations are driving the market growth. Foreign exchange risks, rising raw material costs and pricing competition are hampering the market growth.
Demand for disposable gloves in healthcare applications in Spain is estimated to grow at a significant rate over the forecast period. The country has a comprehensive public health system that accounts for approximately 75-80% of the sector’s activity. Entrepreneurs who invest in this project will be successful.
Few Indian major players are as under:
• Accent Industries Ltd.
• Acknit Industries Ltd.
• Asian Latex Ltd.
• Casil Health Products Ltd.
• Casil Health Products Ltd.
• J K Ansell Pvt. Ltd.
• London Rubber India Ltd.
• Mega Meditex Ltd.
• Sri Kannapiran Mills Ltd.
• T T K Biomed Ltd.