Risky business: Pre-powdered gloves or powder-free gloves in the operating suite?

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 204-210

  Spicer, Maureen ^a   Richardson, Marilyn ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATING ROOM; POWDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POWDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032244639     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526869810231578     Document Type: Article

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