Theatre shoes - A link in the common pathway of postoperative wound infection?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 605-608

  Amirfeyz, Rouin ^a,c   Tasker, Andrew ^b   Ali, Sami ^c   Bowker, Karen ^c   Blom, Ashley ^d  

^a MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Avon Orthopaedic Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contamination; Operation; Outdoor; Shoes; Theatre; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SHOE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SURGICAL GLOVE; WORKING TIME; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PILOT PROJECTS; SHOES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34548607850     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X205440     Document Type: Article

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