Surgeon personal protection:An underappreciated benefit of positive-pressure exhaust suits

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 476, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1341-1348

  Makovicka, Justin L ^a   Bingham, Joshua S ^a   Patel, Karan A ^a   Young, Simon W ^b   Beauchamp, Christopher P ^a   Spangehl, Mark J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYEBROW; EYELASH; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OPERATING ROOM; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGEON; SURGICAL ATTIRE;

CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGEONS; SURGICAL ATTIRE;

EID: 85053850191     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000253     Document Type: Article

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