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Hand protection. Surg Clin North Am 1995 Dec;75(6):1133-9

Date

12/01/1995

Pubmed ID

7482139

DOI

10.1016/s0039-6109(16)46786-1

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0028863885 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   23 Citations

Abstract

The traditional purpose of surgical gloves is to prevent transmission of pathogens (usually bacterial) from surgeon to patient. Yet the hand is also the most common site of injury and blood contamination among operating room personnel. Thus, gloves also can protect against transmission of pathogens from patient to surgeon. This article focuses on the value of gloves for hand protection. The current data on such protection derive exclusively from studies that use glove leak and contamination as outcome measures. There are no data that measure protection in terms of actual disease transmission.

Author List

Gerberding JL, Quebbeman EJ, Rhodes RS

Author

Edward J. Quebbeman MD Emeritus Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Gloves, Protective
Hand
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient
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