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Exploring bacterial growth and recolonization after preoperative hand disinfection and surgery between operating room nurses and non-health care workers: a pilot study

BACKGROUND: To prevent cross infection the surgical team perform preoperative hand disinfection before dressed in surgical gowns and gloves. Preoperative hand disinfection does not make hands sterile and the surgical glove cuff end has been regarded as a weak link, since it is not a liquid-proof int...

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Autores principales: Wistrand, Camilla, Söderquist, Bo, Falk-Brynhildsen, Karin, Nilsson, Ulrica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6142708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30223772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3375-3