Cardiac surgical procedures and glove reinforcements

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 66-68

  Alrawi, Sadir J ^a   Houshan, Iyad ^a   Zanial, Suhaib A ^a   Cunningham Jr , Joseph N ^a   Acinapura, Anthony J ^a   Raju, Ramanathan ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL STAFF; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL GLOVE; THUMB; TOUCH;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036215021     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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1. Surgeon protection: Early recognition of glove perforation using a green underglove
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3. Use of surgical pass trays to reduce intraoperative glove perforations
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5. Double-gloving as self-protection in abdominal surgery
6. Comparison of perforation between single and double-gloving in perineorrhaphy after vaginal delivery: A randomized control trial
7. Needle puncture resistance of surgical gloves, finger guards, and glove liners
8. Reducing the risk of viral transmission at operation by electronic monitoring of the surgeon-patient barrier