Rubber glove usage had its beginning way back in 1890. Here goes the history. In the year, Caroline Hampton, the Chief Nurse of Johns Hopkins Hospital of Baltimore, USA, developed continued skin reaction to mercuric chloride that was used for asepsis. At the request of William Halsted, the resourceful medical innovator, the Goodyear Rubber Company produced thin rubber gloves for hands protection. As these gloves proved to be a very effective barrier protection device for hands against chemicals as well as harmful bacteria, Halsted implemented the use of sterilized medical gloves at Johns Hopkins in 1894.
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