Surgical glove perforation in cardiac surgery

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 328-330

  Driever, R ^a   Beie, M ^b   Schmitz, E ^a   Holland, M ^a   Knapp, M ^a   Reifschneider, H J ^a   Hofmann, F ^b   Vetter, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glove puncture; Hand protection; Infection prevention; Surgery

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; FINGER INJURY; GERMANY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERFORATION; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL GLOVE; SUTURE; WATER RETENTION;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GERMANY; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0035680904     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-19006     Document Type: Article

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