Body-exhaust suit versus occlusive clothing

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 490-494

  Der Tavitian, J ^a   Ong, S M ^a   Taub, N A ^a,b   Taylor, G J S ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OPERATING ROOMS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VENTILATION;

EID: 0037764921     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B4.13363     Document Type: Article

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