title: Surgical glove perforation rates in otolaryngology.
abstract: Nine-hundred and eleven pairs of surgical gloves used by Ear, Nose and Throat surgeons and their scrub nurses were tested for perforations over a 6-week period. We studied the perforation rate for different surgical procedures and found the average rate to be 4.8%. The rates varied from endoscopy with a perforation rate of zero to major head and neck resections with a rate of 28.5%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Morrissey
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alun-Jones
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D005932:Gloves, Surgical / Q000592:standards*; D010036:Otolaryngology