Gloves

To get the sizes of gloves that you can use, wrap a measuring tape around your hand just below the knuckles, make sure your thumb is excluded and then make a fist. 

The measurement you get is your 'hand width' and it’ll help you choose the perfect glove size.

Surgical gloves are made with higher quality, standard and precision. It also comes with better precision and is made to be sensitive during surgeries and protect the users from any contamination. Surgical gloves must be sterile. 

Examination gloves are also quality-made gloves and are effective in protecting from blood or contaminated bodily fluids. They are available in sterile or non-sterile forms

Latex gloves are made of natural rubber (latex) and it helps to protect the hands from viruses and bacteria.

Nitrile gloves are made of synthetic rubber which is durable and created to resist punctures and harsh cleaning chemicals although it restricts some form of hand movement.

In the medical field, the commonly used and accepted gloves are made from nitrile, latex, neoprene or chloroprene. 

The most common material used for medical examination gloves is Nitrile. For surgical purposes, latex gloves are used because of their high levels of flexibility, protection, and comfort.

People who are allergic to latex can use synthetic gloves like vinyl or nitrile. Although there are other synthetic latex gloves, vinyl or nitrile gloves are commonly found and most times cheaper.