Skin and Mucous Membrane Contacts With Blood During Surgical Procedures: Risk and Prevention

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 703-711

  Sloan, Edward P ^e   Chamberland, Mary E ^a   Marcus, Ruthanne ^a   Bell, David M ^a   Mendelson, Meryl H ^a   Fligner, Denise J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACE; HAND; HUMAN; MUCOSA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY; SURGICAL GLOVE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CHICAGO; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FACE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEW YORK CITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0029449371     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/647044     Document Type: Article

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