title: Bacteriologic evaluation of electric clippers for surgical hair removal.
abstract: Clipper blade assemblies for electric clippers used repeatedly without sterilization demonstrated high levels of bacterial contaminations that are potential sources of infection. A technique of sterilization of the clipper blade has been reported that eliminates the exogenous bacterial contamination.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004560:Electricity; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006204:Hair Removal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000592:standards*