Types of gowns used in trauma and orthopaedic theatres

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-214

  Karagkevrekis, B ^a,b   Madhavan, P ^a   Leslie, I ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SURGEON; TRAUMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; ORTHOPEDICS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030800335     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(96)00182-9     Document Type: Article

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