Surgical gloves - How well do they protect against infections?;Chirurgische Handschuhe - Wie gut scḧtzen sie vor Infektionen?

Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 61, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 398-403

  Kralj, N ^a   Beie, M ^a   Hofmann, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gloves; Perforation; Prevention of infections; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SURGICAL GLOVE;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS INFECTION; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033175453     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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