The Gown-glove Interface Is a Source of Contamination: A Comparative Study

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 473, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2291-2297

  Fraser, James F ^a   Young, Simon W ^b   Valentine, Kimberly A ^b   Probst, Nicholas E ^b   Spangehl, Mark J ^b  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOVE; HELMET; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC CHAMBER; INFECTION RATE; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; SURGICAL GOWN; SURGICAL INFECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOUND INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

GLOVES, SURGICAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84930415800     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-4094-8     Document Type: Article

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