Risk of Glove Perforation in Minor and Major Plastic Surgery Procedures

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 481-484

  Barbosa, Marcus Vinícius Jardini ^a,b   Nahas, Fábio Xerfan ^a   Ferreira, Lydia Masako ^a   Farah, Andréia Bufoni ^a   Ayaviri, Natália Alinda Montecinos ^a   Bariani, Roberta Lopes ^a  

^a NONE

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glove perforation; Occupational exposure; Plastic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATION DURATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2442527869     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-003-3075-1     Document Type: Article

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