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Mary Ann Liebert, Surgical Infections, 1(15), p. 43-49, 2014

DOI: 10.1089/sur.2012.230

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Suppression of Surgeons' Bacterial Hand Flora during Surgical Procedures with a New Antimicrobial Surgical Glove

Journal article published in 2014 by Ojan Assadian, Axel Kramer, Kenneth Ouriel, Miranda Suchomel, Mary-Louise McLaws, David Leaper, Martin Rottman ORCID, Afshin Assadian
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Abstract

Background: Perforations of surgical gloves are common and increase with the duration of glove wear. Skin flora, re-grown after pre-operative disinfection of the hands, may contaminate a surgical site. An antimicrobial surgical glove with chlorhexidine on its inner surface has been developed. We hypothesized that by suppressing the re-growth of skin flora during the complete course of a surgical procedure, antimicrobial gloves may reduce the risk of surgical site contamination in the event of an intra-operative glove breach.