GB 24788-2025Safety technical requirements for medical gloves (English PDF)
医用手套安全技术要求
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Issued by
State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of China
Level / Type
National · Mandatory
Issue date
May 30, 2025
Implementation date
June 1, 2028
Scope
GB 24788-2025 is the English-translated version of 医用手套安全技术要求.
GB 24788-2025 is the Chinese national standard on safety technical requirements for medical gloves, in the field of health care technology. It carries no /T suffix, which in the Chinese system means compliance is mandatory: a product or a practice within its scope has to meet it to be lawfully made, sold or carried out in China. It was issued on 30 May 2025 by the State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of China, and takes effect on 1 June 2028. Classification: ICS 11.140, CCS G45. This page is published from the official record of the standard held by the Chinese standards administration: the identification, the dates, the classification and the issuing body are taken from there. The clause text, the tables and the numeric limits are in the document itself, which is delivered complete in English translation.
Document preview — GB 24788-2025
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 11.140
- Classification
- G45
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of China
Contents
- 2 Normative References
- 3 Terms and Definitions
- 4 Safety Technical Requirements 4.1 Limit for Water-extractable Protein
- 4.3 Microbiological Indicators
Foreword
NATIONAL STANDARD OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ICS
Replacing GB 24788-2009
Safety Technical Requirements for Medical Gloves
7 Table of Contents Foreword ........................................................................................................................ 3
1 Scope ........................................................................................................................... 4
2 Normative References ................................................................................................. 4
3 Terms and Definitions ................................................................................................. 4
4 Safety Technical Requirements ................................................................................... 5
Safety Technical Requirements for Medical Gloves 1 Scope
This document specifies the safety technical requirements for medical gloves. This document applies to disposable medical rubber examination gloves, disposable sterile rubber surgical gloves, disposable non-sterile rubber surgical gloves, and disposable polyvinyl chloride medical examination gloves.
2 Normative References
The contents of the following documents constitute indispensable clauses of this document through the normative references in the text. In terms of references with a specified date, only versions with a specified date are applicable to this document. In terms of references without a specified date, the latest version (including all the modifications) is applicable to this document.
GB/T 14233.1-2022 Test Methods for Infusion, Transfusion, Injection Equipment for Medical Use - Part 1: Chemical Analysis Methods
GB 15979-2024 Hygienic Requirements for Disposable Sanitary Products
GB/T 21869-2008 Medical Gloves - Determination of Removable Surface Powder
GB/T 21870-2008 Medical Gloves Made from Natural Rubber Latex - Determination of Water-extractable Protein Using the Modified Lowry Method Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (Version 2020) Volume IV
3 Terms and Definitions
The following terms and definitions are applicable to this document.
3.1 powder Under test conditions, any water-insoluble adhering matter on the surface of medical gloves that can be removed by washing with water.
3.2 powdered medical gloves Medical gloves that are typically produced through the powder coating process during the production process for ease of donning.
7 Medical gloves produced in the glove production process where the powder coating process is intentionally not used, or where the powder coating process is used, but the power is intentionally removed.
3.4 water-extractable protein Proteins and polypeptides that exist in natural rubber latex products and can be extracted with water.
4 Safety Technical Requirements 4.1 Limit for Water-extractable Protein
Medical gloves made from natural rubber latex shall contain no more than 200 g/dm 2 of water-extractable protein.
4.2 Limit for Residual Surface Powder The residual surface powder content of powdered medical gloves shall not exceed 15 mg/dm
2.The residual surface powder content of powder-free medical gloves shall not exceed
2.0 mg/piece. > NOTE: the limit for residual surface powder does not apply to disposable polyvinyl chloride medical examination gloves.
4.3 Microbiological Indicators
4.3.1 The microbiological indicators of non-sterile medical gloves shall comply with the provisions of Table 1.
4.3.2 Sterilized gloves shall be sterile.
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Referenced standards
Normative references
- GB/T 14233.1-2022Test methods for infusion, transfusion, injection equipments for medical use - Part 1: Chemical analysis methods
- GB 15979-2024Hygienic requirements for disposable sanitary products
GB/T 21869-2008 · GB/T 21870-2008
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Editions of GB 24788
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB 24788-2025 | Safety technical requirements for medical gloves | current edition | Current |
| GB 24788-2009 | Limit for the removable surface powder and water-extractable protein of medical gloves | previous edition | Superseded |
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