Surgical glove perforation rates in otolaryngology.
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%.
Hill
J
J
Department of Otolaryngology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
Morrissey
M S
MS
Alun-Jones
T
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D004868:Equipment Failure; D005932:Gloves, Surgical / Q000592:standards*; D010036:Otolaryngology