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Medical gloves are an important daily item for all healthcare professionals working in a healthcare environment. All medical personnel are required by law to wear regulatory body approved medial grade gloves when working. This is often mainly due to the sensitive nature of medical working environments. Disposable medical gloves are, single-use items and they are commercially available in a various of different materials, such as Latex, Nitrile Rubber, Vinyl, and Neoprene. Nitrile has become particularly popular choice among healthcare professionals as it doesn’t cause any allergic reactions the way Latex might. Medical gloves are also available in come powdered and non-powdered form. Rise in incidence of pandemic diseases such as swine flu (H1N1 pandemic), COVID 19 and a subsequent need for infection control drives the growth of the global disposable medical gloves market.
The COVID-19 outbreak caused due to SARS-CoV-2, already affected millions of people globally as of April 2020. The contagious coronavirus is also having an economic impact and implications on most of the sectors including the medical device industry. Increasing number of COVID-19 patients demand an extreme number of disposable gloves for hand protection as disposable medical gloves intended for single-use, which further lowers the risk of contamination. Thus, increasing positive cases of COVID-19 fuels the disposable gloves market growth.
Disposable medical gloves market is driven by high adoption of disposable medical gloves owing to the rise in safety concerns and hygiene, growing awareness of hygiene and safety from hospital acquired infections, increasing regulatory pressure to increase healthcare standards, and technological advancements. In addition, substantial growth in frequent outbreak of worldwide epidemics and pandemics boosts the disposable medical gloves market in estimated timeframe. On the contrary, high price competition from local manufactures and toxic reaction caused by gloves are likely to hamper the growth of the market.
The report analyses the global disposable medical gloves market based on type, form, application, and geography.
The disposable medical gloves are commercially available in various types including natural rubber gloves, nitrile gloves, vinyl gloves, neoprene, polyethylene and others. The natural rubber gloves were the most popular choice among healthcare professionals, due to the very fact that these gloves are the selection of preference among medical professionals to perform surgeries and for examination purposes.
The disposable gloves market are available in powdered and non-powdered form. Powdered gloves have corn-starch added which makes them easier to put on, especially in busy locations, and can prevent gloves from sticking together. Whereas powder-free gloves undergo a process known as chlorination that helps make latex gloves less form fitting so that powder is not needed for easy donning and removal. On December 19th, 2016 the FDA banned the use of powdered medical/exam grade gloves owing to concerns about patient sensitivity or allergies to powdered gloves. Many other developed nations such as Germany and UK also enforced a ban on disposable powdered medical gloves usage for surgical and examination purpose.
The disposable gloves market finds application in examination and surgical. The examination application is anticipated to hold the major market share and is anticipated to continue its dominance over the forecast period. Disposable gloves made using vinyl or natural rubber are generally used for low-risk general procedures, including non-invasive physical examination applications. Besides, increasing instances of chronic disorders, including heart diseases, and cancer, which often requires medical procedures and surgeries for the treatment, will drive the disposable medical gloves demand in surgical applications.
The disposable medical gloves market is studied for the key regions including North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Rest of the World. North America accounted for the largest market share of disposable medical gloves market attributed to the growing health problems and increasing older population, well-established healthcare infrastructure and the increase in adoption of disposable medical gloves across healthcare settings for preventing healthcare associated infections. On the other hand, Asia-Pacific is anticipated to grow at the fastest growth rate during the estimated timeframe due to the increase in adoption of disposable gloves for examination purposes, and surge in awareness pertaining to wellbeing
Key competitors of this market include Semperit AG Holding, Rubberex Corp. M Bhd, Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd., Hartalega Holdings Berhad, Dynarex Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., B. Braun Melsungen AG and Ansell Limited. Other players operating in the value chain are Unigloves (UK) Limited, Smart Glove Corporation Sdn Bhd, Berhad, Supermax Corporation Berhad, Cypress Medical Products LLC, Microflex Corporation, Mölnlycke Health Care, and YTY Industry Holdings Berhad.. among others.
The report analyses the global disposable medical gloves market based on type, form, application, and geography.
The global disposable gloves product market is segmented based on form, material, application, and geography. Based on form, the market is segmented into powdered and non-powdered form. Based on type, the market is segmented into natural rubber gloves, Natural Rubber Gloves, Nitrile Gloves, Vinyl Gloves, Neoprene and Polyethylene. Based on application, the market is segmented into e applications. Further, examination and surgical medical gloves. Region wise, the market is analyzed across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and rest of the world.
Key competitors of this market include Semperit AG Holding, Rubberex Corp. M Bhd, Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd., Hartalega Holdings Berhad, Dynarex Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., B. Braun Melsungen AG and Ansell Limited. Other players operating in the value chain are Unigloves (UK) Limited, Smart Glove Corporation Sdn Bhd, Berhad, Supermax Corporation Berhad, Cypress Medical Products LLC, Microflex Corporation, Mölnlycke Health Care, and YTY Industry Holdings Berhad.. among others.
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