Glove perforation during surgical extraction of wisdom teeth

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-25

  Avery, Christopher M E ^a,b   Hjort, Anders ^a   Walsh, Stephen ^a   Johnson, Paul A ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; MOLAR TOOTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL GLOVE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOLAR, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 0032111667     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(98)90144-5     Document Type: Article

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