Comparison of open and closed staff-assisted glove donning on the nature of surgical glove cuff contamination

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-177

  Jones, Christopher ^a   Brooker, Ben ^a   Genon, Michel ^a  

^a WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty surgery; Asepsis; Deep infection; Glove donning; Sterile surgical field

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INFECTION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; OPERATING ROOMS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77749304853     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05211.x     Document Type: Article

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