Failure rates in nonlatex surgical gloves

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 268-273

  Korniewicz, Denise M ^a,b   Garzon, Laurel ^a   Seltzer, Judy ^a   Feinleib, Manning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX; NEOPRENE; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MACHINE; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENT; SATISFACTION; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LATEX; MATERIALS TESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 3343026475     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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