Surgical glove perforation and the risk of surgical site infection

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 553-558

  Misteli, Heidi ^a   Weber, Walter P ^a   Reck, Stefan ^a   Rosenthal, Rachel ^a   Zwahlen, Marcel ^b   Fueglistaler, Philipp ^a   Bolli, Martin K ^a   Oertli, Daniel ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^a   Marti, Walter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 67449156133     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.60     Document Type: Article

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