Anyone seeking to control the risks from vibration transmitted to the hands and arms may contemplate the use of anti-vibration gloves. To make an informed decision about any type of personal protective equipment, it is necessary to have performance data that allow the degree of protection to be estimated. The information provided with an anti-vibration glove may not be easy to understand without some background knowledge of how gloves are tested and does not provide any clear route for estimating likely protection. Some of the factors that influence the potential efficacy of an anti-vibration glove include how risks from hand–arm vibration exposure are assessed, how the standard test for a glove is carried out, the frequency range and direction of the vibration for which protection is sought, how much hand contact force or pressure is applied and the physical limitations due to glove material and construction. This paper reviews some of the background issues that are useful for potential purchasers of anti-vibration gloves. Ultimately, anti-vibration gloves cannot be relied on to provide sufficient and consistent protection to the wearer and before their use is contemplated all other available means of vibration control ought first to be implemented.

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防震手套的功效。

任何想要控制传递到手和手臂的振动风险的人都可以考虑使用防振手套。为了对任何类型的个人防护设备做出明智的决定，必须有能够估计防护程度的性能数据。如果没有关于如何测试手套的背景知识，防振手套提供的信息可能不容易理解，并且没有提供任何明确的途径来估计可能的保护。影响防振手套潜在功效的一些因素包括如何评估手臂振动暴露的风险、如何进行手套的标准测试、需要保护的振动的频率范围和方向。所寻求的，施加了多少手部接触力或压力以及由于手套材料和结构而造成的物理限制。本文回顾了一些对防振手套的潜在购买者有用的背景问题。最终，不能依赖防振手套为佩戴者提供充分且一致的保护，并且在考虑使用防振手套之前，应首先实施所有其他可用的振动控制手段。