Bacteriologic evaluation of electric clippers for surgical hair removal.
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.
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*