Hospitals and surgical centers

PI-KARE™ Technology wins Medical Product Innovation Award

Ansell scoops the Medical Product Innovation Award at the Healthcare Asia Medtech Awards 2023. Our skin-friendly PI-KARE™ Technology is changing the game as hospitals worldwide are transitioning to synthetic surgical gloves such as polyisoprene (PI).

SMART PackTM 2.0 – “Best Product” in the Sustainability Category

Ansell has been recognized with a 2022 “Best Product/Service” award in the Sustainability Category by World of Safety & Health Asia. This win recognizes the technology innovation of the Surgical SMART Pack™ and the role its innovative design plays in reducing the carbon footprint of the packaging.

New Surgical Lines Ramp Up Supply

As the manufacturer of the world’s No. 1 surgical glove of choice, we are committed to being prepared to meet the healthcare industry’s growing needs. Thanks to our pre-COVID planning to add 4 new surgical dipping lines, we have already commenced ramping up the supply of surgical gloves to meet high customer demand.

Hands are the most exposed

Know your risks & why you should use radiation attenuation gloves.

Surgical gloves: Importance of double gloves

View Dr. Kobayashi’s not-to-be-missed talk of Surgical Gloves: The Importance of Double Gloving at the 120th Annual Congress of Surgical Society. Our esteemed speaker will share valuable insights and results from a survey conducted to investigate post-operation perforations at the National Defense Medical College Hospital covering 5,000 pieces of gloves. Find out how perforation rates are much higher than you think, who is most at risk and why double gloving and intra-operative glove change is recommended every 90 minutes to significantly reduce your risk of infection.

Know the Difference

Hospitals moving to non-latex gloves should consider that not all non-latex gloves provide the same allergy protection.

Surgical Gloves

Exam Gloves

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Product Expertise

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Breadth of Product Range

Because we design, develop, and manufacture our safety solutions, we have a solution for everyone.

Consumer PPE vs. Medical PPE

Gloves may be sold over the counter as a general consumer product or a therapeutic medical device which undergoes a stricter authority and makes them a higher level of PPE and a higher level of protection.

Why Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) Matters

Understand Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) and how it matters in providing a measure of the quality of your glove product.

How to Select a Medical Glove

What are your criteria for selecting gloves? Not all gloves are made equally and there are both poor and good quality, and it is often hard to tell just by looking at them.

Keeping You Informed

We understand that scientific evidence is vital to advancing clinical practice, therefore we continue to sponsor new avenues of research promoting safety for healthcare professionals and improving patient outcomes.  We invite you to explore this section to find summaries of published literature covering a variety of healthcare topics.