ASTM D 6978 - 05 (Reapproved 2013) Standard Practice for Assessment of Resistance of Medical Gloves to Permeation by Chemotherapy Drugs

Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2013. Published April 2013. Originally approved in 2005. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as D6978 – 05. — 3 p.
This practice covers a protocol for the assessment of resistance of medical glove materials to permeation by potentially hazardous cancer chemotherapy drugs under conditions of continuous contact. An assessment is made based on the permeation (breakthrough) of nine chemotherapy drugs through the glove material over a certain period of time.