<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>aaspjournal</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>Journal of Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy</JournalTitle> <PISSN>I</PISSN> <EISSN>S</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Volume 14 Issue 1</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>2025</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>2025</Year> <Month>01</Month> <Day>27</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Pharmacy</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>The permeation and concentration of chemicals in medical gloves used by healthcare workers</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>1</FirstPage> <LastPage>7</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Takeshi Oshizaka*</FirstName> <LastName/> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Megumi</FirstName> <LastName>Watanabe</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Tomoaki</FirstName> <LastName>Toyama</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Takuya</FirstName> <LastName>Sotome</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Keiko</FirstName> <LastName>Shinozaki</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Satoru</FirstName> <LastName>Usui</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Kenji Mori</FirstName> <LastName/> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Kenji</FirstName> <LastName>Sugibayashi</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <Abstract>Some healthcare workers, such as pharmacists and nurses are sometimes exposed to chemicals and pathogens in their jobs and use medical gloves, gowns, and masks to protect themselves. Many studies have assessed permeation of chemicals through medical gloves, but few have quantified parameters like permeation rates or glove concentrations. In this study, either glove sheet made of three different materials (nitrile, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and latex) was set in a vertical-type diffusion cell, and the glove sheet permeability of four model chemicals (pyridoxine, antipyrine, ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, and butyl 4- hydroxybenzoate) was tested. Pyridoxine did not permeate any gloves, while lipophilic chemicals showed higher permeability. PVC gloves had the highest permeation rates, while latex showed the fastest diffusion but lowest membrane concentration. Nitrile gloves had the lowest permeation but retained more residual chemicals. These findings highlight the need for caution in handling and disposing of contaminated gloves.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>medical gloves, glove sheet permeation, glove concentration, permeation parameter, chemical exposure</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://aaspjournal.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=15569&title=The permeation and concentration of chemicals in medical gloves used by healthcare workers</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References/> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>