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The scientific basis of surgical glove selection in an in vitro fertilization laboratory
V R Reddy1, T S Thomas, H R Wright
1Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
|July 27, 1999
Abstract:
Mouse embryos and human sperm are used as quality control bioassays in human in vitro fertilization (IVF) laboratories. These two models can reveal the cytotoxicty of items commonly used in IVF, such as surgical gloves. The literature published in this area points to the cytotoxicity of both glove powders and glove products.