Biomechanical performance of powder-free examination gloves

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1011-1018

  Fisher, Mark D ^a   Reddy, Vikram R ^a   Williams, Freddie M ^a   Lin, Kant Y ^a   Thacker, John G ^b   Edlich, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Glove donning force; Glove puncture resistance; Glove stiffness; Glove tape adherence; Glove thickness; Immediate unrecovered stretch; Latex gloves; Nitrile gloves

Indexed keywords

LATEX; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL GLOVE; TENSION;

BIOMECHANICS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EVALUATION STUDIES; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; LATEX; NITRILES;

EID: 0032721975     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00133-X     Document Type: Article

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