Materials and processing technology
Bioactive elastomer films: application to surgical gloves

The G-VIR ^® glove consists of three layers (figure 1 ):

• a mechanical outer layer, in contact with patients or products and instruments to be handled;

• an intermediate layer containing the disinfectant dispersed in the form of microdroplets;

• a mechanical inner layer coated with an inert coating designed to facilitate donning of the glove by the...