Needle puncture resistance of surgical gloves, finger guards, and glove liners

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Leslie, Lawrence F ^a   Woods, Julia A ^a   Thacker, John G ^b   Morgan, Raymond F ^a   McGregor, Walter ^a   Edlich, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGELS; LATEXES; LININGS; POLYMERS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RUBBER PRODUCTS; SURGERY;

NEEDLE PUNCTURE RESISTANCE; SURGICAL GLOVES;

DISPOSABLE BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; INJURY; PREVENTION; PROTECTION; PUNCTURE; SURGICAL GLOVE;

BIOMECHANICS; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LATEX; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PUNCTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030110829     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199621)33:1<41::AID-JBM7>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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