Occlusive clothing and ultraviolet radiation in hip surgery

Authors

  • Lennart Sanzen
  • Ake S. Carlsson
  • Mats Walder

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678909149598

Abstract

In a randomized study of 20 total hip arthroplasties, the staff wore shirts and trousers of a fabric impervious to bacteria underneath operating gowns of a non-woven material. Volumetric air sampling demonstrated a low number of colony-forming units with this clothing, further reduced by ultraviolet radiation to below 10 colony-forming units/m3, the upper limit of “ultraclean air,” in all the cases (median 2.6, range 1.1-7.1).

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Published

1989-01-01

How to Cite

Sanzen, L., Carlsson, A. S., & Walder, M. (1989). Occlusive clothing and ultraviolet radiation in hip surgery. Acta Orthopaedica, 60(6), 664–667. https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678909149598

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