Glove perforation in foot surgery.
A total of 391 pairs of gloves were tested for punctures after 100 consecutive foot surgery operations to assess the rate, site, procedure, and maneuver during which glove puncture accidents took place. Evidence of perforation was found in 23% of the gloves used. The surgeons are significantly more at risk of glove perforation than the other members of the operating team.
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Università Di Napoli, First Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Italy.
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D004868:Equipment Failure; D005385:Fingers; D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery*; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics; D013933:Thumb