Glove perforation in surgery and protective effect of double gloves;Incidencia de la perforación de los guantes en cirugía y efecto protector del doble guante

Enfermeria Clinica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-79

  de Castro Peraza, M E ^a   Garzon Rodriguez E ^a   Rodriguez Perez V ^a   Sosa Alvarez, I ^a   Gutierrez Hernandez J ^a   Asiain Ugarte, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gloves, protective; Gloves, surgical; Infection control; Occupational exposure; Risk factors; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGICAL GLOVE;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GLOVES, SURGICAL;

EID: 77949341352     PISSN: 11308621     EISSN: 15792013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcli.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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