Glove perforation in outpatient dermatologic surgery

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1210-1213

  Dirschka, Thomas ^a,b,d   Winter, Kristine ^a   Kralj, Nenad ^c   Hofmann, Friedrich ^c  

^a Dermatological Practice Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 4744371348     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30375.x     Document Type: Article

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