Banned Use of Powdered Gloves on the grounds that it is unhealthy!
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned powdered gloves used in medical procedures on the grounds that they are harmful to human health.
In its first prohibition proposal submitted by the FDA in March 2016, the gradual removal of powdered gloves came into question.
According to the news in Medscape, the FDA made the following statements regarding powdered gloves:
Gloves are important in protecting patients, health care providers and others; Powdered gloves are dangerous in many ways. Gloves with powder; respiratory disorders, hypersensitivity reactions, allergic reactions (including asthma), lung inflammation and injury, granulomas and peritoneal adhesions have the potential to cause serious health problems.
The FDA reported that alternative powder-free gloves have the same protection and performance, and do not include the risks of powdered gloves, and that public health will be protected by switching to other alternative products on the market.
Most device removal from the United States market was initiated by manufacturers, not FDA.
Powdered gloves are the second product group to be banned by the FDA. The first one was the banned prosthetic hair in 1983. Another product group that the FDA currently recommends is the prohibition of electrical stimulation devices used to treat self-harm or aggressive behavior.
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