ASTM D6977-04(2016) - 1.6.2016
 
1. Scope

1.1 This specification provides certain requirements for polychloroprene rubber gloves used in conducting medical examinations and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

1.2 This specification covers polychloroprene rubber examination gloves that fit either hand, paired gloves, and gloves by size. It also provides for packaged sterile or non-sterile or bulk non-sterile polychloroprene rubber examination gloves.

1.3 This specification is similar to that of D3578 Standard Specification for Rubber Examination Gloves, and D6319 Standard Specification for Nitrile Examination Gloves for Medical Applications.

 
2. Referenced Documents

D573-04(2025)

Standard Test Method for Rubber—Deterioration in an Air Oven

D6124-06(2022)

Standard Test Method for Residual Powder on Medical Gloves

D6319-19(2023)

Standard Specification for Nitrile Examination Gloves for Medical Application

D6355-07(2022)

Standard Test Method for Human Repeat Insult Patch Testing of Medical Gloves

ISO 2859

U.S. Pharmacopeia U.S. Pharmacopeia, latest edition, Mack Publishing Co., Easton, PA 19175.

D3578-19(2023)

Standard Specification for Rubber Examination Gloves

D3767-03(2020)

Standard Practice for Rubber´Measurement of Dimensions

D5151-19(2023)

Standard Test Method for Detection of Holes in Medical Gloves

D412-16(2021)

Standard Test Methods for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers—Tension