Surgical Gloves is a first aid item in Project Zomboid. It gives 0 bite and 5 scratch defence where it covers you, with 0.25 insulation. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
First Aid Medical
It gives 0 bite and 5 scratch defence where it covers you, with 0.25 insulation. It weighs 0.1.
Medical items treat wounds, pain and illness. The right order matters: clean a wound, treat it, then bandage it, and change dirty bandages.
More: Health and injuries.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.Gloves_Surgical | First Aid |
Surgical Gloves is on 37 loot tables in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital Room Counter | Hospital room (cupboard) | 27% | 4 |
| Dog Food Factory Equipment | Dog Food Factory (cupboard) | 21% | 4 |
| Medical Clinic Outfit | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 21% | 4 |
| Morgue Outfit | Morgue (shelves) | 19% | 4 |
| Medical Storage Outfit | Clinic (shelves, drawer); Dentist storage (shelves); Hospital storage (box, shelves); and 4 more places | 16% | 4 |
| Medical Cabinet | Police SWAT room (cabinet); Security (cabinet); Waiting room (cabinet) | 14% | 4 |
| Bin Hospital | Clinic (garbage); Hospital hallway (garbage); Hospital room (garbage); and 3 more places | 14% | 4 |
| Hospital Room Cleaning | Hospital room (cupboard) | 13% | 4 |
It is on 29 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Pharmacist, Nurse, Ambulance Driver, Doctor.
Inside bags and cases: First Aid Kit - Military, First Aid Kit, Small Protective Case - Military, Small Protective Case and more.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any fitswallet.
It weighs 0.1 in Build 42.
Base.Gloves_Surgical.
Bite defence 0 and scratch defence 5.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.