Ansell Healthcare Europe, has announced the launch of HydraSoft, an new hydrating coating technology for surgical gloves. Designed to retain moisture and rehydrate users' skin during use, HydraSoft has been specifically developed for surgeons' hands, to help maintain the skin's natural barrier function. Composed of neutral, odourless ingredients in the gloves' inner lining, the product is designed to protect skin from drying, cracking and penetration by foreign substances.

It contains a skin-friendly, humectant moisturiser combined with dimethicone, which forms a protective barrier that blocks attacks from foreign substances and prevents the skin from drying out. Ansell plans to first introduce HydraSoft coating technology into its best-selling powderfree latex surgical glove, Gammex PF.

The introduction of HydraSoft has also permitted a modified formulation, resulting in a softer, suppler glove. The company is also set to integrate HydraSoft into other products within its medical glove range

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