Evaluation of the rate, location, and morphology of perforations in surgical gloves worn in urological operations

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-73

  Weber, Lothar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defect Morphology; Intrinsic Defects; Perforation Rate; Perforation Sites; Surgical Latex Gloves

Indexed keywords

LATEX; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EQUIPMENT; FILM; GLOVE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL GLOVE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UROLOGY;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GERMANY; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LATEX; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; PUNCTURES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0037215319     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301394     Document Type: Article

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