Is double gloving an effective barrier to protect surgeons against blood exposure due to needlestick injury?

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;30(9):928-9; author reply 929. doi: 10.1086/599309.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Blood-Borne Pathogens*
  • Gloves, Surgical / standards*
  • Humans
  • Infection Control / methods
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
  • Medical Staff, Hospital
  • Needlestick Injuries / prevention & control*
  • Occupational Exposure / prevention & control*
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / standards*