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Table 1 Rate of glove perforation among the operating team during elective surgery

From: Incidence and patterns of surgical glove perforations: experience from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Role

Total gloves used (Nā€‰=ā€‰1588)

Perforated (Nā€‰=ā€‰546)

Non-Perforated (Nā€‰=ā€‰1042)

Surgeon

436

176 (40.4%)

260 (59.6%)

First assistant

414

120 (28.9)

294 (71.01%)

Second assistant

306

90 (29.4%)

216 (70.6%)

Third assistant

30

4 (13.3%)

26 (86.7%)

Scrub nurse

402

156 (38.8%)

246 (61.2%)