Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-v9fdk Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-03T02:38:57.246Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Is Double Gloving an Effective Barrier to Protect Surgeons against Blood Exposure Due to Needlestick Injury?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elisabeth Bouvet ,
Gérard Pellissier ,
Dominique Abiteboul ,
François L'Hériteau  and
Group for the Prevention of Occupational Infections in Healthcare Workers
Elisabeth Bouvet
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases, Paris, France Group for the Prevention of Occupational Infections in Healthcare Workers, Bichat Faculty of Medicine, Paris VII University, Paris, France
Gérard Pellissier*
Affiliation:
Group for the Prevention of Occupational Infections in Healthcare Workers, Bichat Faculty of Medicine, Paris VII University, Paris, France
Dominique Abiteboul
Affiliation:
Departments of Occupational Medicine, Paris, France Group for the Prevention of Occupational Infections in Healthcare Workers, Bichat Faculty of Medicine, Paris VII University, Paris, France
François L'Hériteau
Affiliation:
Bichat University Hospital, C-CLIN Paris-Nord, Paris VI University, Paris, France
*
GERES, UFR de Médecine Bichat, 16 rue Henri Huchard, F-75870 Paris cedex 18, France( [email protected])
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Research Brief
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 9 , September 2009 , pp. 928 - 929
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1.Wittmann, A, Kralj, N, Köver, J, Gasthaus, K, Hoffmann, EStudy of blood contact in simulated surgical needlestick injuries with single or double latex gloving. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2009;30:53–56.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2.Mast, ST, Woolwine, JD, Geberding, JL. Efficacy of gloves in reducing blood volumes transferred during simulated needlestick injuries. J Infect Dis 1993;168:1589–1592.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
3.Cho, K, Lee, D. Viscoelastic effects in cutting of elastomers by a sharp object. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 1998;36:1283–1291.3.0.CO;2-T>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
4.Jagger, J, Bentley, M, Tereskerz, PM. A study of patterns and prevention of blood exposures in OR personnel. AORNJ 1998;67:983–984.Google ScholarPubMed
5.Bakaeen, F, Awad, S, Albo, D, et al.Epidemiology of exposure to blood borne pathogens on a surgical service. Am J Surg 2006;192:e18–e21.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
6.Johanet, H, Antona, D, Bouvet, E. Risks of accidental exposure to blood in the operating room: results of a multicentre prospective study [in French]. The GERES. Ann Chir 1995;49:403–410.Google Scholar
7.Krikorian, R, Lozach-Perlant, A, Ferrier-Rembert, A, et al.Standardization of needlestick injury and evaluation of a novel virus-inhibiting protective glove. J Hosp Infect 2007;66:339–345.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
8.Bennett, NT, Howard, RJ. Quantity of blood inoculated in a needle stick injury from suture needles. J Am Coll Surg 1994;178:107–110.Google Scholar