BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to confirm recent results from a previous study focussing on the development of a method to measure the bacterial translocation through puncture holes in surgical gloves under real surgical conditions. METHODS An established method was applied to detect bacterial migration from the operating site through the punctured glove. Biogel double-gloving surgical ...

A total of 480 examination gloves (240 vinyl and 240 latex) were stressed by using manipulations designed to mimic patient care. At the highest use level, 38 (63%) of 60 vinyl gloves leaked bacteriophage phi X174 compared with 4 (7%) of 60 latex gloves. At lower use levels, there was no statistically significant difference in leakage.

Maria Doukantzi, Dr Med Dent/Philippe Mojon, Dent/Ana Todorovic, Dent/Najla Chebib, Dent/Bjarni Elvar Pjetursson, Prof Dent, PhD/Sabrina Maniewicz, Dent/Irena Sailer, Dent: Purpose: To investigate the differences in accuracy (ie, trueness and precision) of five different optical impression systems. Materials Methods: The following systems was tested: (1) CEREC Bluecam (BL); (2) Omnicam (OM); (3...

BACKGROUND Fingers-transmitted vibration can cause vibration-induced white finger. The effectiveness of vibration-reducing (VR) gloves for reducing hand transmitted vibration to the fingers has not been sufficiently examined. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to examine tool-specific performance of VR gloves for reducing finger-transmitted vibrations in three orthogonal directions (3D)...

Skin irritation and contact allergies are skin disorders common to hairdressers. The predominant oxidative hair dye components, such as p-phenylenediamine (PPD) and aminophenol isomers, can cause contact dermatitis. Use of protective gloves can prevent dermal contact with skin irritants. This study investigates the permeation behaviors of p-aminophenol (PAP), m-aminophenol (MAP), o-aminophenol ...

Let dent A denote the set of denting points of a subset A of some Banach space. We prove dent cl co( K ® L) = dent K ® dent L for closed, bounded, absolutely convex subsets K and L of Banach spaces X and Y. Here the closure refers to the completion of X ® Y w.r.t. some reasonable crossnorm.

This study determined the durability of various types of medical examination gloves using a laboratory test developed by the researchers. Results of this testing are compared with a simulated clinical method, also developed by the researchers, found to produce failures at rates similar to actual clinical use. Ten types of exam gloves were tested. One set of gloves was tested using a glove durab...