The impact of the use of different types of gloves and bare hands for preparation of clean surgical instruments

ABSTRACT Objectives: to determine if there are differences on the safety of the preparation of clean surgical instruments using different types of gloves and bare hands and evaluate the microbiological load of these preparations without gloves. Method: laboratory procedure with a pragmatic appro...

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Main Authors: Camila Quartim de Moraes Bruna, Rafael Queiroz de Souza, Irineu Francisco Silva Massaia, Áurea Silveira Cruz, Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692016000100417&lng=en&tlng=en