The passage of bacteria through surgical drapes

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 405-407

  Blom, A W ^a   Estela, C ^a   Bowker, K ^a   MacGowan, A ^a   Hardy, J R W ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Contamination; Drapes

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COTTON; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRAPE; NONHUMAN; OPERATING TRAY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERIALS TESTING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033709156     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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