Method for treatment of synthetic rubber products, a system for treatment, the resulting rubber products, and use of a method to reduce type iv allergenicity of rubber products

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of reducing type IV rubber allergy of synthetic rubber latex products caused by chemical residues remaining after manufacture of the synthetic rubber products by reducing levels of chemical residues found for said products, said method comprising the steps of: subjecting said products to a wash in a strong alkaline solution to remove the chemical residues remaining after manufacture of the rubber latex products, and a system for reducing type IV allergenicity of synthetic rubber products caused by chemical residues remaining after manufacture of the synthetic rubber latex products by reducing residual levels of chemical residues found for said products, and a product, such as a glove, manufactured from synthetic rubber latex processed in accordance with the method and/or using the system. Further the invention relates to a use of a method of subjecting products to said wash and raising the temperature to at least 100C to remove the chemical residues remaining after manufacture of the synthetic rubber products.

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