Kimberly-Clark Kimtech Purple Nitrile Exam Gloves

Kimtech™ Purple Nitrile Exam Gloves are a high-durability, powder-free nitrile exam glove built for laboratories and controlled work areas that need dependable barrier performance, consistent watertight quality (pinholes/critical defects), and confident tactile sensitivity. The distinctive purple color is widely used as a quick visual cue for “higher protection” glove selection in busy lab and production workflows.

This glove is ambidextrous with a beaded cuff for clean, fast donning and fingertip texturing to maintain grip on vials, tubing, fixtures, and packaging. It is also cleared for use in chemotherapy handling per manufacturer literature, and it can be diverted from landfill through the RightCycle™ program (where available and permitted).

• High-throughput laboratories and QC/QA benches needing consistent exam-glove barrier quality, tactile feedback, and reliable box dispensing.
• Life sciences and pharma support areas where incidental splash protection, routine chemical contact, and frequent glove changes are part of daily discipline.
• Medical device assembly, kitting, and packaging tasks where grip consistency and cuff stability reduce rework and glove-change interruptions.
• Chemotherapy-handling workflows that require chemo-cleared glove options (use facility policy and hazard assessment to confirm selection and double-gloving requirements).
• Sustainability-forward programs that want a practical pathway to recycle eligible nitrile gloves through RightCycle™ (subject to site rules and waste segregation practices).

• Premium nitrile barrier for demanding lab work: A thicker, durable nitrile build that supports repeated contact, handling stress, and higher-risk procedures.
• Watertight quality focus: AQL 1.5 is widely used as a quality indicator for freedom from pinholes/critical defects in exam glove programs.
• Grip you can trust: Textured fingertips help maintain control on smooth plastics, glass, and foil packaging, particularly when IPA or other liquids are in play.
• Faster, cleaner donning: Beaded cuff helps prevent roll-down and supports consistent donning technique across shift teams.
• Powder-free, latex-free: Helps reduce powder contamination risk and avoids natural rubber latex concerns in mixed-user environments.
• RightCycle™ eligibility: Supports waste diversion goals when your site can collect and segregate eligible, non-hazardous used gloves.

Selection note: These are non-sterile exam gloves. If your process requires sterile presentation, aseptic donning controls, or sterile transfer into Grade A/B areas, choose a sterile cleanroom glove that matches your CCS and validated gowning approach.

SOP suggestion disclaimer: This guidance is provided as an educational template. Your facility is responsible for validating glove selection, change frequency, and task-based controls based on your CCS, cleanroom classification, and quality system.

Kimtech™ is a dedicated laboratory and cleanroom consumables brand with a long track record in glove, apparel, and contamination-control solutions. Ansell completed the acquisition of Kimberly-Clark’s Personal Protective Equipment business in 2024, bringing the Kimtech™ portfolio into Ansell’s global protection solutions platform. For cleanroom and regulated users, that matters because glove performance is only one part of a dependable program — specification control, documentation consistency, and supply continuity are what keep training, qualification, and daily execution stable.

SOSCleanroom does not compromise on glove quality in critical environments. We stock and support best-in-class glove programs (including leading Ansell platforms) because the cost of contamination events, rework, and investigation time routinely exceeds any short-term savings from lower-grade substitutes.