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Progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves: A review

Surgical gloves provide a protective blockade for patients and members of the surgical team. Glove integrity is critical in an era of blood-borne pathogens. Therefore, the need for improved means for prevention and also gloving and appropriate hand hygiene in a hospital setting is ostensible. This...

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Main Authors: Arman Amani, B., Bagheri, Samira, Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd
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Language:English
Published: 2015
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R Medicine
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spelling my.um.eprints.156412018-10-19T03:43:55Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/15641/ Progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves: A review Arman Amani, B. Bagheri, Samira Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd Q Science (General) R Medicine Surgical gloves provide a protective blockade for patients and members of the surgical team. Glove integrity is critical in an era of blood-borne pathogens. Therefore, the need for improved means for prevention and also gloving and appropriate hand hygiene in a hospital setting is ostensible. This perspective highlights the progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves in deducting the microbial passage after a glove puncture in a model of wound contamination. Moreover, traditional methods to avoid microbes in the hospital and various antimicrobial agents, such as metal ions and antiseptic dyes, are reviewed. 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/15641/1/PROGRESS_ON_ANTIMICROBIAL_SURGICAL_GLOVES_Arman.pdf Arman Amani, B. and Bagheri, Samira and Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd (2015) Progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves: A review. Rubber Chemistry and Technology Journal. pp. 1-9.
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R Medicine
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Arman Amani, B.
Bagheri, Samira
Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd
Progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves: A review
description Surgical gloves provide a protective blockade for patients and members of the surgical team. Glove integrity is critical in an era of blood-borne pathogens. Therefore, the need for improved means for prevention and also gloving and appropriate hand hygiene in a hospital setting is ostensible. This perspective highlights the progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves in deducting the microbial passage after a glove puncture in a model of wound contamination. Moreover, traditional methods to avoid microbes in the hospital and various antimicrobial agents, such as metal ions and antiseptic dyes, are reviewed.
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author Arman Amani, B.
Bagheri, Samira
Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd
author_facet Arman Amani, B.
Bagheri, Samira
Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd
author_sort Arman Amani, B.
title Progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves: A review
title_short Progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves: A review
title_full Progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves: A review
title_fullStr Progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves: A review
title_full_unstemmed Progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves: A review
title_sort progress on antimicrobial surgical gloves: a review
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/15641/1/PROGRESS_ON_ANTIMICROBIAL_SURGICAL_GLOVES_Arman.pdf
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