Implant Prophylaxis: The Next Best Practice Toward Asepsis in Spine Surgery. [PDF]
, 2018 Study designA literature review.ObjectivesAn evaluation of the contaminants prevalent on implants used for surgery and the aseptic methods being employed against them.MethodsPubMed was searched for articles published between 2000 and 2017 for studies ...
Agarwal, Aakash +6 more
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The Frequency and the Causes of Damages to Surgical Gloves in Orthopedic Surgeries
مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2019 Background: During surgery, the surgery team is in contact with infectious and pathogenic microorganisms. Surgical gloves prevent the transmission of contamination between surgical team members and the patient, which is more important in orthopedic ...
Mohammad Ghasembandi +4 more
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Donning Gloves Before Surgical Gown Cross-contaminates the Assistant
Arthroplasty Today, 2022 Background: Maintaining a sterile surgical environment is of the upmost importance in total joint arthroplasty. The surgical gown-glove interface is a frequent and known cause of bacterial contamination. A variation of the traditional staff-assisted open-
Alec Sundet, MD +2 more
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Colored Indicator Undergloves Increase the Detection of Glove Perforations by Surgeons During Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery:A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether use of colored indicator gloves affects perforation detection rate and to identify risk factors for glove perforation during veterinary orthopedic surgery. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective randomized controlled trial.
Burton, Neil +4 more
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Use of ultraviolet-fluorescence-based simulation in evaluation of personal protective equipment worn for first assessment and care of a patient with suspected high-consequence infectious disease [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Variations currently exist across the UK in the choice of personal protective equipment (PPE) used by healthcare workers when caring for patients with suspected high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs).
Bailey, C. +9 more
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Antibacterial activity of a sterile antimicrobial polyisoprene surgical glove against transient flora following a 2-hours simulated use [PDF]
, 2015 Background: A surgical glove will protect surgeons and patients only if the glove’s integrity remains intact. However, several studies have demonstrated that undetected micro-perforations of surgical gloves are common.
Assadian, Ojan +7 more
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Role of the Surgical Glove in Modified Vacuum-Assisted Wound Healing [PDF]
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2013 Vacuum-assisted wound healing has been proven to be more efficacious than conventional dressings. Vacuum dressing has been frequently modified given the restrictions in resources available.
Shankar Ram Hemmanur +1 more
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Bacterial migration through punctured surgical gloves under real surgical conditions
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010 Background The aim of this study was to confirm recent results from a previous study focussing on the development of a method to measure the bacterial translocation through puncture holes in surgical gloves under real surgical conditions.
Heidecke Claus-Dieter +6 more
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Interventions to Control Virus Transmission During an Outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Experience from Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. [PDF]
, 1999 On 6 May 1995, the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) coordinator in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), received a request for assistance for what was believed to be a concurrent outbreak of bacillary dysentery and viral hemorrhagic fever ...
Kerstiëns, B, Matthys, F
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Barriers and factors affecting personal protective equipment usage in St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Northern Uganda [PDF]
, 2017 Background: To protect health workers (HCWs) from risky occupation exposure, CDC developed the universal precautions (Ups) including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).
Apio JA +4 more
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