Can surgical gloves be made thinner without increasing their liability to puncture?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 78, Issue 3 Part I, 1996, Pages 186-187

  Carter, Susan ^a   Choong, Simon ^a   Marino, Anthony ^a   Sellu, David ^a  

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glove punctures; Sensation; Surgical gloves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PUNCTURE; SENSIBILITY; SURGEON; SURGICAL GLOVE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; SUTURES; TOUCH;

EID: 9344229756     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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