EN 455 explained: what every glove specifier should know
The four parts of EN 455 — and why they matter when you're sourcing examination gloves at scale.
EN 455 is the European standard for single-use medical examination gloves. It comes in four parts: physical properties (freedom from holes), tensile strength and elongation, biological evaluation, and shelf-life determination.
When you're sourcing gloves at scale, the right question isn't 'are they EN 455 certified?' — it's 'which parts are tested, and to what AQL?' Our NewEvo+300 is certified across all four parts at AQL 1.5 with documentation traceable per batch.
If your specifier hands you a data sheet that doesn't break down by part, ask. The difference between EN 455-1 alone and the full four-part suite is not a small one.
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