The risk of needle-stick-injuries during abdominal closure;UBER DIE GEFAHR VON NADELSTICHVERLETZUNGEN BEIM ABDOMINELLEN WUNDVERSCHLUSS

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-34

  Meyer, D ^a   Geiger, D ^a   Hamelmann, W ^a   Timmermann, W ^a   Thiede, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

blunt needle; fascial closure; glove perforation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMEN; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030046623     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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