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1Center for Dental AIDS Research, Waukegan, Illinois, USA.
Abstract:
Fifty dentists were examined to determine if (and how) latex gloves contributed to percutaneous injury, the leading cause of occupational AIDS/HIV transmission in health care workers. Latex glove wear is closely associated with a 16-fold increase in percutaneous injury with endodontic file manipulation than when subjects were tested barehanded. Dynamometer tests showed a 36 percent decrease in light-touch proprioception in subjects when they were gloved as compared to scores when they were tested barehanded. A 28 percent glove-related dermatitis rate among test subjects is also reported.
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