An electronic device for surgical glove testing
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Fabrication and Characterization of a Conformal Skin-like Electronic System for Quantitative, Cutaneous Wound Management
Published on: September 2, 2015
T G Fiala1, D M Wrightson, M J Yaremchuk
1Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
An electronic glove tester complying with safety regulations for electric current flow is described. In our laboratory, it was able to detect 100 percent of glove punctures caused by 4-0 and 6-0 surgical needles. When used regularly in the surgical suite, this device may help to minimize the surgeon's exposure to patients' blood and body fluids.

