MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET

(MSDS)FOR HAND GLOVES,DOCTORS

DURING COVID 19
Dwaipayan Chakraborty
 BRIEF INFORMATION
 MSDS is a document that lists information
relating to occupational safety and health for
the use of various substances and products.
 Applicable for cataloguing information on
chemicals, chemical compounds, and chemical
mixtures.
 MSDS FOR GLOVES, COVERS
 IDENTIFICATION
 Product:- Hand gloves, covers of doctors
 COMPOSITION
 wool, leather, rubber, latex, neoprene, silk,
and metal .
 APPLICABLE
 Fighting against COVID 19
 HOW APPLICABLE
 1). The main transmission routes for COVID-19
are thought to be via droplet spread and
fomites from hand to mucous membranes (2).
Protective clothing serves to reduce spread of
droplets or other body fluids to the HCW’s
skin and clothing and hence reduce the risk of
secondary spread to hands
 IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER
 WHO guidance recommends gowns, not
aprons,
 the guidance states: “wear a clean, non-sterile,
long-sleeved gown and gloves. If gowns are
non fluid-resistant, HCWs should use a
waterproof apron for procedures expected to
create high volumes of fluid that may penetrate
the gown.”
 HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION AND FIRST
AID MEASURES
 Chances of catching fire
 Proper clothing causes 100%protection against
covid.
 Insulator to electricitry.
 Doctors shjould also maintain proper social
distancing.