Majid Khan, Ramsay-bagg P.
Glove perforations during oral & maxillofacial surgical procedures.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;36(2):184-7.

The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of glove puncture in oral & maxillofacial surgical procedures. A total of 612 gloves were collected after various maxillofacial surgical procedures and tested with water inflation method and 100 unused gloves were tested as controls. Seventy nine (13%) punctures were identified in 612 gloves. Gloves from the left hand showed the highest incidence of punctures. No puncture was observed in 100 gloves tested as a control. The results showed that glove puncture was more likely to occur in gloves worn on left (nonworking) hand overall as compared with gloves from the right hand. Gloves used for surgical procedures in which wires were used showed the highest incidence of perforation and the incidence of unknown perforation were also very high (65.80%), additional precautions may therefore be indicated

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