Method for determining bioburden of surgical gloves.
A washing procedure that removed maximum numbers of contaminating microorganisms from whole surgical gloves was developed. Washing, coupled with membrane filtration, proved to be a simple and effective method for bioburden determinations on whole gloves.
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D008851:Micropore Filters; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013242:Sterilization