Eight guides to specifying gloves and masks
Materials, standards, certification, sizing, packing and regulatory routes — the decisions that decide whether a PPE order works, written plainly and without a sales pitch.
Nitrile, latex or vinyl: choosing an examination glove
Three materials, three different failure modes. The right answer depends on what the glove has to survive and who has to wear it.
Read the guide →What a glove certificate actually covers
FDA, CE, EN455 and ASTM D6319 are not interchangeable, and a certificate that names the wrong one is no certificate at all.
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Surgical, medical or civilian: what the mask standards mean
Three masks with identical construction can be legally unusable in each other's settings. The standard is the product.
Read the guide →N95, KN95 and the EUA route
Why a non-NIOSH respirator was allowed into US use during the pandemic, and what that permission actually rested on.
Read the guide →Can PPE be reused? What the guidance actually says
The short answer is almost always no, and the reason is not squeamishness — it is that washing changes the barrier.
Read the guide →Sizing, packing and what to ask before a container order
The unit price is the easy number. Boxes per carton, carton dimensions and destination handling are where the landed cost actually moves.
Read the guide →Sourcing PPE without getting burned
The pandemic created a supplier class that existed for eighteen months. Here is what separates a real supply chain from a broker with a website.
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Landing PPE in a regulated market
FDA, CE and ANVISA are three separate routes, and product that satisfies one can be stopped at the border by another.
Read the guide →Still not sure which grade you need?
Describe the setting and the standard your policy names, and we will tell you which line meets it — including when the answer is the cheaper one.