Comparison of bacterial counts in glove juice of surgeons wearing smooth band rings versus those without rings

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 421-425

  Waterman, Tami R ^a   Smeak, Daniel D ^a   Kowalski, Joseph ^a   Hade, Erinn M ^b  

^a Nursing and Allied Health   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ANTISEPSIS; ASEPSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; SWEAT;

EID: 33751505737     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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