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Surgical Gowning and Gloving

Journal of Perioperative Practice, 2010
Surgical gowning and gloving is an essential element of perioperative practice and is undertaken by the members of the anaesthetic and surgical teams involved in a perioperative intervention or procedure. Gowning and gloving will take place immediately after surgical hand antisepsis and the whole process is often referred to as scrubbing, gowning and ...
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Surface Powders on Surgical Gloves

Archives of Surgery, 1980
Four different instrumental techniques were used to analyze the microscopic particles on the patient-contact surfaces of a variety of surgical gloves. The presence of talc was confirmed on most, but not all, gloves tested. The presence of talc, when it occurred, seemed to be due to design by the manufacturer rather than by accident, and it was ...
T W, Tolbert, J L, Brown
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Surgical gloves and plastic gloves

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, 1966
Surgical gloves are worn to prevent user and patient infecting each other, to prevent users carrying infection from patient to patient and for aesthetic reasons. Over two million pairs of surgeons’ rubber gloves (and nearly one million pairs of plastic gloves) are used in Britain annually.
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Detection of Surgical Glove Integrity

The American Surgeon, 2000
Surgical 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, M T, Murray, A, Franko, P K, Hwang, S A, Dulchavsky, M J, Grimm   +5 more
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Surgical Gloves: Current Problems

World Journal of Surgery, 1999
Abstract.One century ago surgical gloves were introduced to practice as part of the new antiseptic technique and originally to protect the hands of the surgeon and his assistants from the harmful dermatologic effects of powerful antiseptics (e.g., carbolic acid) in use at that time.
M O, Osman, S L, Jensen
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Surgical glove starch granuloma

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, 1981
A variety of foreign bodies are capable of eliciting a granulomatous tissue response. Surgical glove lubricant powder is one source of foreign bodies. The consequences of talc and starch contamination of tissues are frequently reported for tissue sites outside the oral region.
D F, Wilson, V, Garach
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Permeability of surgical rubber gloves

The American Journal of Surgery, 1972
Abstract Surgical rubber gloves, after use in a wet environment, will in a significant number of cases lose their insulating quality and will not protect the surgeon from the short circuit of a defective electrical instrument. Increased glove conductivity increases the risk of injury.
J M, Miller, C S, Collier, N M, Griffith
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Surgical glove as a tourniquet

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2023
Kavya B, Desai, Daniel R, Knabel, Ian A, Maher   +2 more
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Use of the Surgical Glove in Microsurgery

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, 1987
The disposable surgical glove can serve as a model for toe-to-hand transfer, as a template for flap design, and as a ring tourniquet for the finger. The low cost, effectiveness, and easy handling of the glove warrant its role in reconstructive microsurgery.
S M, Hou, J R, Urbaniak
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Update on medical and surgical gloves

European Journal of Dermatology, 2010
Occupational dermatitis to personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly to gloves, mainly occurs in healthcare workers. They are all irritant and/or allergic contact dermatitis (eczema and contact urticaria). Prolonged glove wearing by healthcare workers favours skin irritation of the hands and wrists.
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