Pathogen Protection in Highly
Infectious Environments
Triple Gloving with
Self-Decontaminating BIOTECT™ Gloves
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DC1121-081-003
OBJECTIVE:
A Safer Glove System for
Highly Infectious Environments
Reduce threat of
exposure to
pathogens in highly
infectious
environments by
Triple Gloving with
self-decontaminating
BIOTECT gloves
Triple Glove:
Nitrile/BIOTECT/Nitrile
Highly Infectious Environment
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Triple-Gloving with
Anti-microbial BIOTECT Gloves
Step 1:
Inner barrier Nitrile
glove over sleeve
(per CDC protocol)
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Step 2:
Put on BIOTECT
glove which has high
speed anti-microbial
performance - chlorine
Step 3:
Add Outer barrier Nitrile
over the 2 gloves
BIOTECT Kills Pathogens
in 60-90 Seconds
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Pathogen Protection by
Triple-Gloving with BIOTECT
➢ BIOTECT enhances protection by
○ Neutralizing pathogens that violate outer
glove with chlorine-charged inner glove
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Chlorine inactivates pathogens
• BioTecT uses a patent pending attach
process to bind chlorine to the surface of the
textile
• Gloves carry 3500 ppm of chlorine
• By comparison typical chlorine decon
solutions contain 200-5000 ppm
• Chlorine charge lasts 24 hours
BIOTECT Glove Performance
● Contact with challenge plate and 90 second decon time
● Contact to transfer plate and incubation for 24 h at 37 °C
● Glove inactivates pathogens for 24 hours
Challenge
CFU/cm2
log reduction
in 90 sec
S. aureus
2x105
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E. coli
4x105
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S. enterica
6x104
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K. pneumoniae
3x105
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Organism
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BIOTECT Prevents Inner
Glove Failure
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Triple Protection by TripleGloving with BIOTECT
➢ BIOTECT enhances protection by
○ covering inner barrier with strong
fibers
Triple glove with
BIOTECT
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Cut/Puncture Protection
Nitrile alone
Test
Single glove:
Nitrile
EN388
Puncture
2
lb force
10
lb force
ASTM
D2261
0.2
lb force
9.5
lb force
Tongue Tear
Triple glove with
BIOTECT
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Triple Glove:
● 5 Times the Puncture
● 47 Times the Tear
Nitrile
BioTecT
Nitrile
BIOTECT Prevents Errors Removing and
Putting on Gloves
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CDC Glove Removal
Instructions: First glove
➢ De-gloving with
nitriles can lead
to contact with
pathogens
when removing
contaminated
outer gloves
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Active Decontamination
Protection with BIOTECT
Removing Left Outer Glove
➢ BIOTECT enhances protection
when removing contaminated
outer gloves by
○ Preventing contact with
pathogens on left hand
○ Preventing contact with
pathogens with removing hand
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CDC Glove Removal
Instructions: Second glove
➢ De-gloving with
nitriles can lead
to contact with
pathogens
when removing
contaminated
outer gloves
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Active Decontamination
Protection with BIOTECT
Removing Right Outer Glove
➢ BIOTECT enhances protection
when removing contaminated
outer gloves by
○ Preventing contact with
pathogens by right hand
○ Preventing contact with
pathogens with removing hand
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BIOTECT Allows for Frequent Outer
Glove Changes
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Active Decontamination
Protection with BIOTECT
when re-gloving
➢ BIOTECT enhances protection
when re-gloving in a highly
infectious environment
○ Wait 90 seconds before regloving to decontaminate
BIOTECT
○ BIOTECT prevents contact
transfer to new gloves
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Ease of Use with BIOTECT
➢ BIOTECT slides easily over the first
nitrile gloves
○ Nitrile glove slides over
BIOTECT smoother than skin
○ Flexible and Thin and Tough
○ Won’t interfere with dexterity
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Triple Protection Advantage
by Triple-Gloving with BIOTECT
➢ BIOTECT enhances strength of inner and
outer layers against cuts and puncture
➢ BIOTECT enhances protection by
neutralizing pathogens that violate outer
glove
➢ BIOTECT provides decontamination
protection when removing and putting on
gloves in a highly infectious environment
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Triple glove with
BIOTECT
Find Out More about BIOTECT
Sales:
Clark Miller [email protected]
Samples:
Chanelle Alix [email protected]
Microbiology Data: Lyndon Marble [email protected]
Call: +1(603) 291-1000
Warwick Mills, Inc. 301 Turnpike Road, PO Box 409, New Ipswich, NH 03071, USA
History of Rapid Decontaminating Textiles
• RDECOM Natick Soldier Center sponsor
• Anti-microbial basic chemistry developed at Auburn and
Cornell Universities under DTRA support
• Textile decon applications started at Warwick under
RDECOM Natick Soldier Center and DTRA support for
Army field hospital applications
• BioTecT gloves were developed at Warwick under an
SBIR Phase I and II grant from NSF
DC1121-081-003 BioTecT High Risk Applications
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