Lead Contamination of Surgical Gloves by Contact with a Lead Hand

Table 3

Lead recovered from each glove with increasing number of wipes across a lead hand covered by an impervious sterile plastic drape.

Glove number	Number of wipes across a lead hand protected by a plastic sterile drape	Pb (𝜇g)
Glove 6 (control)	0	2
Glove 7	5	2.4
Glove 8	10	5
Glove 9	15	5.4
Glove 10	20	6.7
Glove 11	25	7.7