Publications by authors named "Angie Wise"
Background: The effectiveness of operating room headgear in preventing airborne contamination has been called into question. We hypothesized that bouffant style hats would be as effective in preventing bacterial and particulate contamination in the operating room compared with disposable or cloth skull caps, and bouffant style hats would have similar permeability, particle penetration, and porosity compared with skull caps.
Study Design: Disposable bouffant and skull cap hats and newly laundered cloth skull caps were tested.