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Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 11/2016

01-11-2016 | CORR Insights

CORR Insights®: High Risk of Surgical Glove Perforation From Surgical Rotatory Instruments

Author: Ronald W. Lindsey, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 11/2016

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The German surgeon Paul Leopold first used rubber surgical gloves in the late 1800s, and William Halstead popularized the use of sterile medical gloves at Johns Hopkins around 1894 [11]. Since their introduction, surgical gloves have had one of the most fundamental roles in modern healthcare: To protect the patient from surgical wound contamination. In more recent years, they have fulfilled another important purpose: To protect medical personnel from exposure to blood borne pathogens like human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B and C viruses. …
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Metadata
Title
CORR Insights®: High Risk of Surgical Glove Perforation From Surgical Rotatory Instruments
Author
Ronald W. Lindsey, MD
Publication date
01-11-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 11/2016
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-016-5004-z

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