Is routine use of a face mask necessary in the operating room?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1447-

  Sellden, Eva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACE MASK; NOTE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 78650176096     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181fcf122     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Lipp A, Edwards P: Disposable surgical face masks for preventing surgical wound infection in clean surgery. Cochrane Database of Syst Rev 2002; (1):CD002929
2. Tunevall TG: Postoperative wound infections and surgical face masks: A controlled study. World J Surg 1991; 15:387-8