Performance of latex and nonlatex medical examination gloves during simulated use

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-138

  Korniewicz, Denise M ^a,b,c   El Masri, Maher ^a   Broyles, John M ^a   Martin, Christopher D ^a   O'Connell, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; LATEX; NITRILE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; GLOVE; HUMAN; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SAMPLING; STANDARD; SURGICAL GLOVE;

EID: 0036228334     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2002.119512     Document Type: Article

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