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. 2014 Oct 17;53(1):28–37. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2014-0025

Table 3. Pt in protective gloves and overshoes during and after HIPEC − Site A.

Item sampled and sampling time Amount of platinum per item

HIPEC n°1 HIPEC n°2 HIPEC n°3
Operating room nurse’s right outer glove. End of surgery (after wound closure) 12 78 39
Operating room nurse’s nurse left outer glove. End of surgery (after wound closure) 12 173 99
Operating room nurse’s right inner glove. End of surgery (after wound closure) 3 - -
Operating room nurse’s left inner glove. End of surgery (after wound closure) 2.8 - -
Operating room nurse’s right outer glove (change of gloves during the procedure) 361 18 1,050
Operating room nurse’s: left outer glove (change of gloves during the procedure) 3.1 120 <0.7
Surgeon 1. Right outer glove End of HIPEC (before wound closure) - 41,328 6,237
Surgeon 1. Left outer glove. End of HIPEC (before wound closure) - 50,120 11,218
Surgeon 1. Right outer glove. End of surgery (after wound closure)1 - 6,314 349
Surgeon 1. Left outer glove. End of surgery (after wound closure)1 - 4,155 625
Surgeon 1. Right inner glove. End of surgery (after wound closure) 500 35 152
Surgeon 1. Left inner glove. End of surgery (after wound closure) 281 154 166
Surgeon 2. Right outer glove. End of HIPEC (before wound closure) 7,149 - 8,315
Surgeon 2. Left outer glove. End of HIPEC (before wound closure) 244 - 3,631
Surgeon 2. Right outer glove. End of surgery (after wound closure)1 640 3,824 120
Surgeon 2. Left outer glove. End of surgery (after wound closure)1 355 1,047 3,030
Surgeon 2. Right inner glove. After the end of the procedure <0.7 - 170
Surgeon 2. Left inner glove. After the end of the procedure <0.7 - 80
Operating room nurse. Right and left gloves after connecting oxaliplatin perfusion bag to the delivering machine 2.5 - -
Operating room nurse. Right and left gloves after cleaning the oxaliplatin delivering machine 194 - -
Operating room nurse. Right glove after the end of the procedure - 621 -
Operating room nurse. Left glove. End of surgery (after wound closure) - 378 -
Surgeon 1. Right overshoe. End of surgery (after wound closure) 2,472
Surgeon 1. Left overshoe. End of surgery (after wound closure) 3,538
Surgeon 2. Right overshoe. End of surgery (after wound closure) 95,970 6,677
Surgeon 2. Left overshoes. End of surgery (after wound closure) 157,458 19,930
Control overshoe 0.9 - -

1 A new pair of outer gloves was used for wound closure. -: no sample