Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0017682
MSH: Gloves, usually rubber, worn by surgeons, examining physicians, dentists, and other health personnel for the mutual protection of personnel and patient.,SPN: A surgeon's glove is a device made of natural or synthetic rubber intended to be worn by operating room personnel to protect a surgical wound from contamination. The lubricating or dusting powder used in the glove is excluded.,UMD: Gloves designed for use by healthcare workers at the surgical site. These gloves are usually made of natural rubber latex (NRL); the gloves must provide a barrier against blood and other body fluid pathogens. Staff use facilitated because the gloves have appropriate characteristics of tactility, comfort of use, ease of donning, adequate sterility, tensile strength, puncture resistance, elasticity, and sizing consistency.Surgical gloves are used mainly as a two-way barrier to protect both the patient and the staff against contamination caused by microorganisms. Synthetic surgical gloves intended mainly to prevent the risk