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Equipment and Supplies > Protective Devices > Personal Protective Equipment > Protective Clothing > Gloves, Protective
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Protective Devices > Personal Protective Equipment > Protective Clothing > Gloves, Protective
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Clothing > Protective Clothing > Gloves, Protective

Preferred term

Gloves, Protective  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Protective Gloves

Note

  • GLOVES, SURGICAL is also available

Scope note

  • Covering for the hands usually with separation for the fingers, made of various materials for protection against infections, toxic substances, extremes of hot and cold, radiation, water immersion, etc. Protective gloves may be worn by patients, care givers, laboratory personnel, industrial workers, and police, among others.

History note

  • 94

In other languages

  • suojakäsineet

    Finnish

  • kumihansikas
  • kumihansikkaat
  • kumihanska
  • kumihanskat
  • kumikäsine
  • kumikäsineet
  • suojahansikas
  • suojahansikkaat
  • suojahanska
  • suojahanskat
  • suojakäsine
  • Skyddshandskar

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017575

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