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Glass as a material for body jewelry
Among jewelry materials for initial piercing, glass deserves a closer look.
Maintaining a Sterile Field
Why use a non-sterile dental bib when there are safer sterile options that are proven moisture barriers? Options and discussion.
Understanding the hazards of handling and mixing chemicals in the studio
Understanding the hazards of handling and mixing chemicals is essential to safe use.
Rubber Gloves: “Born” – and Now Banished – At Johns Hopkins – 01/14/2008
William Stewart Halsted, The Johns Hopkins Hospital’s first surgeon in chief, is widely credited as the first to develop and introduce rubber surgical gloves in the United States. That was in 1894, five years after the institution opened.
Now, in an effort to make medical care safer for patients and health care workers, The Johns Hopkins Hospital has become the first major medical institution to become “latex safe” by ending all use of latex gloves and almost all medical latex products.
Preventing complications: When sterile gloves are necessary
Body art procedures can benefit from sterile-barrier precautions, even if they are not as complicated as modern surgical procedures.
Stories of Sterile Gloves
A surgeon who first advocated sterilized gloves. The first paper on sterile gloves in 1897: WZ von Manteuffel
Hand Hygiene — NEJM
Hand Hygiene in the New England Journal of Medicine Complete with interesting video Hand Hygiene Yves Longtin, M.D., Hugo Sax, M.D., Benedetta Allegranzi, M.D., Franck Schneider, and Didier Pittet, M.D. N Engl J Med 2011; 364:e24 March 31, 2011