Glove failure rates have long been an issue. However, in a throw-away world there`s not much incentive and it`s anyway a bit difficult to meaningfully try and quantify the size of the problem.

What information there is indicates a failure rate of anywhere between 11 percent and 51 percent. Taking the mean suggests that about a third of hospital glove purchases serve no useful purpose. And this does not take into account the double gloving that is undertaken for certain procedures because of safety concerns - estimated as high as one in four. So hospital glove purchase volumes can give a very misleading picture as to actually useful consumption.

EcoGlove removes all the uncertainty and measures everything precisely. Each glove is individually coded and tracked over its multiple-use lifecycle and the statistics gathered give a complete picture of usage.

But that`s not all. EcoGlove gloves, regardless of material choice, are far more robust and safer than conventional exam gloves. They don`t break, and in the reconditioning process (and even before first use) are checked for the smallest defects and rejected if there are any.

This also plays into the economic case for EcoGlove. Even assuming like for like purchase quantities, EcoGlove comes out way ahead on cost, and factoring in a further 20% savings related to glove failure and double gloving the case becomes even more compelling!