IS A MASK NECESSARY IN THE OPERATING-THEATER
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 63 (6) , 390-392
Abstract
No masks were worn in an operating theater for 6 mo. There was no increase in the incidence of patient wound infection.Keywords
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