METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING PERSONAL BARRIERS

摘要

The method and apparatus for testing a personal barrier such as a medical glove comprises establishing a reference circuit through the body of an individual wearing the personal barrier. An electrical lead is connected with a saline solution or the body of the patient. The defective personal barrier is indentified through the establishment of an external circuit through the practitioner and the test solution or the patient. An alarm is sounded to alert the wearer to the defective condition. The detection is preferably accomplished by means of sensing the resistance of the external circuits.