I bought these to replace a box of painters gloves I had been using for light yard work. The other gloves would tear in the finger area after about 10 minutes. But I was done by then so no big deal. The toughest part with these gloves is getting them on without tearing the cuffs.  That must be why they come in packs of 100?!?  They fit tight in the finger area and loose on the cuff. That means debris from whatever you're using them for will fall into the palm area. Unfortunately just gentle use on non-rough surfaces caused the palm area to tear. Within a few more movements the fingers tore as well.

Today I tried a pair on again to pick up some small twigs and they literally tore apart at the palm by me simply flattening my hand out. I then put another pair on and a small thorn on a twig went straight through and cut my finger. I guess that answers the question about punctures.

Any glove that tears this easily by standard hand motions would make me uneasy about trusting them for anything medical. I now feel really cheated as I could have replaced them with 100ct painters gloves for only $4.
I bought these to replace a box of painters gloves I had been using for light yard work. The other gloves would tear in the finger area after about 10 minutes. But I was done by then so no big deal. The toughest part with these gloves is getting them on without tearing the cuffs. That must be why they come in packs of 100?! ? They fit tight in the finger area and loose on the cuff. That means debris from whatever you're using them for will fall into the palm area. Unfortunately just gentle use on non-rough surfaces caused the palm area to tear. Within a few more movements the fingers tore as well. Today I tried a pair on again to pick up some small twigs and they literally tore apart at the palm by me simply flattening my hand out. I then put another pair on and a small thorn on a twig went straight through and cut my finger. I guess that answers the question about punctures. Any glove that tears this easily by standard hand motions would make me uneasy about trusting them for anything medical. I now feel really cheated as I could have replaced them with 100ct painters gloves for only $4.