RUCK gloves for podiatry and foot care professionals

Hygiene plays a crucial role in the health of all of us. Especially in recent years, we have become aware of the significant importance we should place on this topic. However, in no other field is it as important to prevent the spread of pathogens as in medicine. In foot care and podiatry, RUCK gloves offer reliable protection for practitioners.

Gloves for podiatry: why are they then so important?

The human body, just like the total environment, reaches total capacity for invisible germs that can cause illness. They can not only be contacted thanks to coughing and sneezing. Bacteria, viruses and fungi also settle on the skin and can be transmitted thanks to a single touch.

Therefore, protection against germs plays a crucial role in skin treatment. The basic equipment of podiatrists and foot care professionals therefore includes, in addition to the necessary instruments, hygienic materials, such as

• Masks and face masks
• Protective goggles
• protective gowns and
• orthopaedic gloves

include.

Podiatry gloves: preventive approach

Orthopaedic gloves form a reliable barrier between hands and feet, so that the transmission of:

• Bacteria
• fungi and
• viruses.

Microorganisms form the flora on our skin and are therefore essential for health, just like bacteria in our intestines. However, when the skin is injured or the immune system is weakened, the delicate balance of the skin flora can be disturbed, turning the bacteria and fungi that once had a protective function into a danger.

Staphylococci are responsible for most skin diseases on the feet. They cause both boils and nail bed infections. In the case of Athlete's Foot, a skin disease affecting one third of all people in Germany, streptococci penetrate the disturbed skin flora and can trigger extremely unpleasant inflammations there.

Parasites and viruses also pose a danger and can cause diseases when they penetrate the skin. Probably the best-known condition transmitted by a virus is the wart. To keep the health risk during podiatry treatments as low as possible, disposable gloves are therefore an indispensable product in podiatry and foot care professional.

RUCK gloves: Numerous tasks

Since some dermatological diseases, such as Athlete's Foot, can also be transmitted via loose skin flakes, surface disinfection plays just as important a role in podiatry practices and furnishings as protective equipment. However, disinfectants can lead to a disturbance of the skin flora on the hands if applied frequently. When applying disinfectants, podiatrists and foot care professionals should therefore wear gloves to protect the skin on their hands.

In addition to cleaning agents, active substances that are used during treatment should not get on the hands of podiatrists and foot care professionals. Disposable gloves protect practitioners instead from preparations intended for patients.

Overall, disposable gloves protect against the following dangers:

• Diseases that can be transmitted yet thanks to single skin contact,
• protection against disinfectants that can disturb the skin flora,
• Active substances that are intended for the patient and should not get into the skin of the person treating him/her.

RUCK gloves: Convenient features

Durable nitrile is used in the production of RUCK gloves to ensure reliable protection. Despite its low thickness, which should play a large role in maintaining dexterity during handling, the material reliably stands up to mechanical and chemical influences.

In contrast to latex, nitrile also boasts a high degree of gentleness. Almost anyone can therefore use the protective equipment at work, which is why it is a suitable choice for furnishings where several podiatrists or foot care professionals are in use. Thanks to the wide range of colours, there is something for everyone with you.