Blood splashes to the masks and goggles during caesarean section

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1405-1406

  Sharma, J B ^a   Ekoh, S ^a   McMillan, L ^a   Hussain, S ^a   Annan, H ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON;

BLOOD; CESAREAN SECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MASKS; OCCULT BLOOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030667180     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11011.x     Document Type: Article

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