Evaluation of an innovative antimicrobial surgical glove technology to reduce the risk of microbial passage following intraoperative perforation

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-103

  Daeschlein, Georg ^a   Kramer, Axel ^a   Arnold, Andreas ^a   Ladwig, Andrea ^a   Seabrook, Gary R ^b   Edmiston Jr , Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine gluconate; elastomeric antibacterial surgical gloves; microperforation; quaternary ammonium salts; surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; MACROGOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BREVUNDIMONAS DIMINUTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CAULOBACTER; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79952312364     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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