General requirements for protective gloves

The National Institute of Safety and Health at Work has recently published prevention technical note 1,177 entitled: "Protective gloves, general requirements".

This NTP, update of number 747, is part of a series of technical notes whose fundamental objective is to provide basic guidelines for the correct selection and use of protective gloves, as well as to inform the basic requirements that said personal protective equipment must meet within the series of protective gloves. The changes with respect to the previous one are mainly motivated by the new regulations and the revision of the reference technical standard.

It addresses the most relevant aspects of the general requirements for protective gloves and other hand and arm protectors included in the scope of application of the UNE-EN ISO 21420:2020 Standard, Protective Gloves. General requirements and test methods that have canceled and replaced the previous version.

Hand protection is usually done using gloves, mittens, partial gloves, or any item that covers the hand or part of the hand for the purpose of providing protection against a specific risk. That is why the scope of application of the aforementioned UNE Standard includes, in addition to gloves and arm protectors permanently attached to airtight suits, which were already contemplated in the previous version of the Standard, hand protectors such as kitchen mitts or potholders and arm protectors.

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