Glove Perforation in Pediatric Orthopedic Practice

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 791-793

  Al Habdan, Ibrahim ^b   Sadat Ali, Mir ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Glove; Infections; Perforations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUBFOOT; CONGENITAL HIP DISLOCATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOTOMY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0142219783     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200311000-00019     Document Type: Article

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