Resistance of double-glove hole puncture indication systems to surgical needle puncture

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-90

  Edlich, Richard F ^a,c   Wind, Tyler C ^a   Hill, Lisa G ^a   Thacker, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Double glove; Latex; Non latex; Puncture resistance; Straight surgical needle; Surgical glove; Underglove

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASES; NEEDLES; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

BLOODBORNE DISEASES;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOUBLE GLOVE HOLE PUNCTURE INDICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; NEEDLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; PUNCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES;

EID: 0037988724     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v13.i2.20     Document Type: Article

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