Contamination risks from a high-speed bone burr

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1796-1797

  Schultz, Richard B ^a,b   Probe, Robert A ^a   Holmes, Gary P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

contamination; high speed burr; infection

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029777350     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199608010-00014     Document Type: Article

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3. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Center for Disease Control 1992;41:783-7.