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Surgical Gloves: Perforation and Protection
Journal of Perioperative Practice, 2006The risk of surgical glove perforation is affected by a number of factors including the type of surgery, length of operative procedure, hand dominance and role of the glove wearer. This article provides an overview of each of these factors and discusses protective gloving measures taken to reduce perforations based on the findings of the Cochrane ...
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Detection of Surgical Glove Integrity
The American Surgeon, 2000Surgical glove integrity is essential for universal precautions; glove safety is verified by the water load test (WLT). Concerns regarding glove injury have prompted newer testing methodologies, including electrical conductance testing (ECT); however, the sensitivities of these tests are not known.
R L, Sohn +5 more
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Surgical glove as a tourniquet
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2023Ian A. Maher +2 more
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A whole-glove method for the evaluation of surgical gloves as barriers to viruses
American Journal of Contact Dermatitis, 1999Abstract Background: Today, because of the wide variety of infectious agents encountered in the health care environment, clinicians must be particularly concerned about the potential for small-sized virus penetration through glove defects. Objective: To describe a method for testing gloves that evaluates the entire glove and allows for ...
Jeffrey R. Nelson +3 more
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Ease of donning surgical gloves: An important consideration in glove selection
The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1995It is a commonly held belief among physicians that powder free surgical gloves are more difficult to don than cornstarch powdered gloves. This difficulty is supposedly enhanced when the physician's hands are wet, a situation commonly encountered when regloving during surgical procedures.
Richard F. Edlich +3 more
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Surgical Glove Perforations in Otolaryngology: Prevention with Cut‐Resistant Gloves
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 1993This study examines the role of cut‐resistant, “orthopedic‐type” gloves in prevention of exposure of surgical personnel to infectious body fluids through surgical glove perforation. The incidence of glove perforations in 12 consecutive cases of intermaxillary fixation (IMF) was studied.
Tami Ta, Lee Kc, Kelly Ke
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A plea for powder-free surgical gloves
The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1994I have always been amazed by the profound impact of the trials and tribulations during our childhood, and how they can change and influence our journeys through life. I can vividly remember how my mother’s bouts of intestinal obstruction provided a diiection to my career in medicine (Figure 1).
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