Examination gloves as barriers to hand contamination in clinical practice

JAMA

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 350-353

  Olsen, Robin J ^a   Lynch, Patricia ^a   Coyle, Marie B ^a   Cummings, Jeanne ^a   Bokete, Teresa ^b   Stamm, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b National Health Laboratory   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GLOVE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PROTECTION; UNITED STATES;

ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HAND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0027265139     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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