Proper or Item of Information	Test Name, Methodology, & Cost*2	No. Gloves / lot per year	No. Lots / year	Glove Sources- Internal production or random distributor purchase	Results (absolute and normalized)	Specify results type / unit (e.g. mcg/mg)	Variability - data from lot to lot over time & Between assays	Performed by (name of individual)
Glove Barrier Efficacy
Chemical Penetration: Gluteraldehyde	Permeation / Random - Sampling / $200	1	1	Internal Production	No penetration in the last 8 hours	Time (seconds, minutes, hours)	No difference	M. Grossman
Chemical Penetration: Methyl Methacrylate	Permeation / Random - Sampling / $200	1	1	Internal Production	No penetration in the last 8 hours	Time (seconds, minutes, hours)	No difference	M. Grossman
Viral Penetration (ASTM F 1671): bacteriophage X17**	ASTM - F1671 / Random - Sampling / $550	1	1	Internal Production	Compliant	PFU / ML	0	C. Dodgen
Powder Particulate Levels (ASTM D 6124)
Surface extractable-state by average glove size in mg	ASTM - D6124 / Random - Sampling/ $200	13	4	Internal Production	0.746 mg/glove	mg/glove	<0.25 mg/glove	M. Grossman
Assay accurate to 0.1 mg levels or state what level (powder free </=2 mg/glove)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Protein Level Testing
Modified Lowry (ASTM D 5712) - Results in mcg/Gm of glove): detection limit of 0.2 mcg/Gm	ASTM D 57 12/Random - Sampling / $45	Between 1-5	100+	Internal Production	Below detection or <21mcg/dm2 (or below detection or <28mcg/gm)	mcg/dm2 (or mcg/g)	N/A	N/A
Leap (Guthrie Method): detection limit of 0.2 mcg/Gm	Leap/Random - Sampling / $60	1	4	Internal Production	1.6mcg/gm	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mayo Reference Laboratory	Rast / Random - Sampling / $500	1	2	Internal Production	177AU/ml	N/A	N/A	N/A
Latex Antigen Level Testing
Soluble levels of release RAST (IBT Reference Lab)*1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Endotoxin
LAL: Kinetic Turbidmetric (USP XXIII FDA LAL guideline) in EU/glove	In Process - LAL / Random - Sampling / $600	3	1	Internal Production	negative	EU/glove	0	S. Carls
Chemical Accelerator Residues
Mercaptobenzothiazole (MBP): detection limit 60 mcg/Gm	HPLC / Random - Sampling / $200	1	1	Internal Production	Non-detectable	mcg/gm	0	M. Grossman
Carbamates
Diisobutyldithiocarbamate (DiBC): detection limit 132 mcg/Gm	HPLC / Random - Sampling / $50	1	1	Internal Production	Non-detectable	mcg/gm	0	Y. Xu
Diisobutyldithiocarbamate (DiBC): detection limit 120 mcg/Gm	HPLC / Random - Sampling / $50	1	1	Internal Production	Non-detectable	mcg/gm	0	Y. Xu
Diisobutyldithiocarbamate (DiBC): detection limit 192 mcg/Gm	HPLC / Random - Sampling / $400	3	4	Internal Production	Below detection limits	mcg/gm	n/a	n/a
DTC In <0.25% ww or <0.1%	HPLC / Random - Sampling / $50	1	1	Internal Production	Non-detectable	mcg/gm	n/a	n/a
DTC In <0.05% ww	HPLC / Random - Sampling / $50	1	1	Internal Production	Non-detectable	Non-detectable	n/a	n/a
Thiurams
Rsidue Levels	HPLC / Random - Sampling / $50	1	1	Internal Production	Non-detectable	Non-detectable	0	Y. Xu
Present (P) or Absent (A)	Absent	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
If used in manufacturing give levels	Do not use thiurams	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
* 1 - Attach reference data, defined units, ranking units, detection limits
* 2 - Estimated cost per test "inhouse" and/or outsourced
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