Surgical face masks in the operating theatre: Are they still necessary? (multiple letters) [1]

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-235

  Belkin, N L ^a   Merchant, R N ^b   Romney, M G ^c  

^a Royal Columbian Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; FILTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; OPERATING ROOM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MASK; HUMAN; MASK; MICROCLIMATE; NOTE;

ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; MASKS; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036519029     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1166     Document Type: Editorial

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