Complete nose coverage to prevent airborne contamination via nostrils is unnecessary

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 512-516

  Van Steenberghe, Daniel ^a,b,c,d   Yoshida, Koichi ^a,b,c,d,e   Papaioannou, William ^a,b,c,d   Bollen, Curd M L ^a,b,c,d   Reybrouck, Gerald ^a,b,d   Quirynen, Marc ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Institute of Histology and Embryology Faculty of Medicine   (Belgium)

^c Former Department of Fixed Prosthetics and Periodontology   (Belgium)

^d Department of Periodontology ^*

^e TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne contamination; Infection control; Oral implants; Sterile adhesive plastic film; Sterility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASK; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031323858     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0501.1997.080610.x     Document Type: Article

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