Prospective data collection and analysis of perforations and tears of latex surgical gloves during primary endoprosthetic surgeries

• Main Authors: Zaatreh, Sarah (Author), Enz, Andreas (Author), Klinder, Annett (Author), König, Tony (Author), Mittelmeier, Lena (Author), Kundt, Günther (Author), Mittelmeier, Wolfram (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Surgical gloves are used to prevent contamination of the patient and the hospital staff with pathogens. The aim of this study was to examine the actual effectiveness of gloves by examining the damage (perforations, tears) to latex gloves during surgery in the case of primary hip and kn...