title: Surgical glove perforation in dermatologic surgery.
abstract: Twenty-eight of 240 (11.7%) pairs of sterile surgical gloves collected from dermatologic surgery clinics had perforations. Only 17.1% of these perforations were known to the wearer at the time of surgery. Equal numbers of perforations were found in gloves of operators and assistants. Perforations were more numerous in dominant-handed gloves. Dermatologic surgeons should consider the incidence of unknown glove perforation when planning surgeries in patients with infectious diseases.
authors: Department of Dermatology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
authors: D J
authors: DJ
authors: Gross
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Jamison
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Fields
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Dinehart
mesh_terms: D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006801:Humans