doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(91)90148-2.
Surgical face masks in modern operating rooms--a costly and unnecessary ritual?
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Surgical face masks in modern operating rooms--a costly and unnecessary ritual?
J Hosp Infect.
1991 Jul.
Abstract
Following the commissioning of a new suite of operating rooms air movement studies showed a flow of air away from the operating table towards the periphery of the room. Oral microbial flora dispersed by unmasked male and female volunteers standing one metre from the table failed to contaminate exposed settle plates placed on the table. The wearing of face masks by non-scrubbed staff working in an operating room with forced ventilation seems to be unnecessary.
Comment in
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Face masks and postoperative infection.J Hosp Infect. 1992 Jan;20(1):55-7. doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(92)90063-r. J Hosp Infect. 1992. PMID: 1348074 No abstract available.
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Masks in surgery.J Hosp Infect. 1992 Jan;20(1):57. doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(92)90064-s. J Hosp Infect. 1992. PMID: 1348075 No abstract available.
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