Does wearing two pairs of gloves protect operating theatre staff from skin contamination?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 297, Issue 6648, 1988, Pages 597-598

  Matta, H ^a   Thompson, A M ^a   Rainey, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SKIN CONTAMINATION; SURGICAL GLOVE;

EID: 0023687751     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.297.6648.597     Document Type: Article

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