Being fussy

[karen2205]

Having had to do some first aid whilst wearing horrible powdered gloves, I had work order some non-powdered ones. [both types are vinal rather than latex to avoid potential allergies - that's not a problem, (except that I'm not willing to use latex gloves for that reason)]

I'm sitting here wearing a pair of our new gloves and they more or less fit and I can type quite happily while wearing them, but they're not comfortable and I'd have difficulty doing jobs like opening dressing packs or pealing the back off a plaster while wearing them. I have big hands and short fingers, so a bigger sized glove would mean even more unfilled glove at my finger tips.

Does anyone have any recommendations for good/nice gloves for doing first aid? Mustn't be latex or powdered. They don't need to be sterile.

Comments

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I can't help; I can't stand working in vinyl gloves, and so always use latex. I'd ask the Evil Twin, but he has a rubber fetish, and is likely to be equally unhelpful.

[karen2205]

I think a big part of my problem is that I'm so unused to working in gloves that they're all going to feel odd. I only wear gloves for first aid. [Cleaning doesn't count - I can do all the fiddly preparation stuff of opening bottles etc without gloves] The nitrile gloves I've got at home are better than the vinyl ones at work, but still not ideal. The top third of the fingers of these nitrile gloves are roughened a little to give better grip than the smoothness of the rest, which helps.

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Not being used to the things may well be part of the problem.

On the other hand nevboo recommends the purple vinyl gloves, but can't remember what they're marketed as.