Failure of a new double glove hole detection system in the Emergency Department

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-201

  Fisher, Mark D ^a   O'Keefe, J Stewart ^a   Williams, Freddie M ^a   Neal, Jeffrey G ^a   Syverud, Scott A ^a   Edlich, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Green inner glove; Holes; Neutral colored outer glove; Surgical gloves

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FLUIDS; PERFORMANCE; SURGERY; TISSUE;

GREEN INNER GLOVE; HOLE DETECTION SYSTEM; NEUTRAL COLORED OUTER GLOVE; SURGICAL GLOVE; WATERTIGHT TEST METHOD;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CAPILLARY BLOOD; COLOR; EMERGENCY WARD; HYDROGEL; OPTICS; PUNCTURE; SKIN INJURY; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ARTHROPLASTY; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032898215     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(1999)48:2<199::AID-JBM15>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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