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      <journal-title>REA Press</journal-title><issn pub-type="ppub">3042-3120</issn><issn pub-type="epub">3042-3120</issn><publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">https://doi.org/10.22105/ahse.v2i3.47</article-id>
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          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <subj-group><subject>Multi criteria decision making, Method based on the removal effects of criteria, VIKOR , Blood sampling gloves, Laboratory safety.</subject></subj-group>
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        <article-title>Evaluation and Ranking of Blood Sampling Gloves in Clinical Laboratory Environments Using a Hybrid MEREC–VIKOR Approach</article-title><subtitle>Evaluation and Ranking of Blood Sampling Gloves in Clinical Laboratory Environments Using a Hybrid MEREC–VIKOR Approach</subtitle></title-group>
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	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Arab</surname>
		<given-names>Mohammad Javad</given-names>
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	<aff>Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences and Computer, Kharazmi University, Karaj, Iran.</aff>
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	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Mehrabian</surname>
		<given-names>Saeid</given-names>
	</name>
	<aff>Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences and Computer, Kharazmi University, Karaj, Iran.</aff>
	</contrib><contrib contrib-type="author">
	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Solouki</surname>
		<given-names>Pouria </given-names>
	</name>
	<aff>Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.</aff>
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	<name name-style="western">
	<surname>Jafari Zareh</surname>
		<given-names>Narges</given-names>
	</name>
	<aff>Islamic Azad University, Sav.C., Saveh, Iran.</aff>
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      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2025</year>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>23</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2025</year>
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      <volume>2</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
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        <copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
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			<article-title>Evaluation and Ranking of Blood Sampling Gloves in Clinical Laboratory Environments Using a Hybrid MEREC–VIKOR Approach</article-title>
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			The optimal selection of blood sampling gloves in laboratory environments plays a vital role in ensuring personnel safety, preventing the transmission of infections, and maintaining the quality of clinical services. Despite the wide variety of available glove types and the numerous criteria influencing their selection, there is a clear need for an objective and comprehensive decision making framework in this field. In this study, the Method based on the Removal Effects of Criteria (MEREC) method was employed for criteria weighting and the VIKOR method for ranking alternatives, in order to evaluate 20 commonly used blood sampling gloves based on 10 technical, safety, human, and economic criteria. The required data were collected through a 9 point Likert questionnaire with the participation of 30 experts in occupational health and safety. The results indicated that nitrile gloves with lotion, powder free nitrile gloves, and blue nitrile gloves were identified as the best options, respectively. These findings emphasize that integrating performance characteristics (such as comfort and tactile sensitivity) with protective features (such as chemical and mechanical resistance) is essential in the selection of clinical gloves.
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