Literature DB >> 7294681

Is a mask necessary in the operating theatre?

N W Orr.   

Abstract

No masks were worn in one operating theatre for 6 months. There was no increase in the incidence of wound infection.

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Year:  1981        PMID: 7294681      PMCID: PMC2493952     

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ann R Coll Surg Engl        ISSN: 0035-8843            Impact factor:   1.891


  4 in total

1.  Method for evaluating effectiveness of surgical masks.

Authors:  V W GREENE; D VESLEY
Journal:  J Bacteriol       Date:  1962-03       Impact factor: 3.490

Review 2.  Protection of the patient in the operating suite.

Authors:  A Hambraeus; G Laurell
Journal:  J Hosp Infect       Date:  1980-03       Impact factor: 3.926

3.  Mask wiggling as a potential cause of wound contamination.

Authors:  R T Schweizer
Journal:  Lancet       Date:  1976-11-20       Impact factor: 79.321

4.  Wound infections after surgery in a modern operating suite: clinical, bacteriological and epidemiological findings.

Authors:  S Bengtsson; A Hambraeus; G Laurell
Journal:  J Hyg (Lond)       Date:  1979-08
  4 in total
  17 in total

1.  Trial of the use of masks in the gynaecological operating theatre.

Authors:  F P McGinn; P Farrands; T Davis
Journal:  Ann R Coll Surg Engl       Date:  1985-05       Impact factor: 1.891

Review 2.  Unmasking the surgeons: the evidence base behind the use of facemasks in surgery.

Authors:  Charlie Da Zhou; Pamela Sivathondan; Ashok Handa
Journal:  J R Soc Med       Date:  2015-06       Impact factor: 5.344

3.  ABC of poisoning. Respiratory drugs.

Authors:  T Mant; M Cochrane; J Henry
Journal:  Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)       Date:  1984-10-27

4.  Surgical face masks: protection of self or patient?

Authors:  M Leyland; R McCloy
Journal:  Ann R Coll Surg Engl       Date:  1993-01       Impact factor: 1.891

5.  The efficacy of face masks.

Authors:  M Shah; P Crompton; M D Vickers
Journal:  Ann R Coll Surg Engl       Date:  1983-11       Impact factor: 1.891

6.  Surgical research--curiosity and luck: personal observations and prejudices.

Authors:  R Y Calne
Journal:  Ann R Coll Surg Engl       Date:  1984-05       Impact factor: 1.891

Review 7.  Review of general surgery 1981.

Authors:  H Ellis
Journal:  Postgrad Med J       Date:  1982-06       Impact factor: 2.401

Review 8.  Antibiotic prophylaxis in "clean" surgical procedures.

Authors:  C Strachan
Journal:  World J Surg       Date:  1982-05       Impact factor: 3.352

Review 9.  Alpha-hemolytic streptococci: a major pathogen of iatrogenic meningitis following lumbar puncture. Case reports and a review of the literature.

Authors:  P M Schneeberger; M Janssen; A Voss
Journal:  Infection       Date:  1996 Jan-Feb       Impact factor: 3.553

10.  Infection control in anaesthesia.

Authors: 
Journal:  Anaesthesia       Date:  2008-09       Impact factor: 6.955

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