• Carøe, in a 2014 review based on four studies and 6,006 patients, wrote that 'none of the four studies found a difference in the number of post-operative infections whether you used a surgical mask or not.'
• Salassa and Swiontkowski, in 2014, investigated the necessity of scrubs, masks and head coverings in the operating room and concl…
• Carøe, in a 2014 review based on four studies and 6,006 patients, wrote that 'none of the four studies found a difference in the number of post-operative infections whether you used a surgical mask or not.'
• Salassa and Swiontkowski, in 2014, investigated the necessity of scrubs, masks and head coverings in the operating room and concluded that 'there is no evidence that these measures reduce the prevalence of surgical site infection.'
• Da Zhou et al., reviewing the literature in 2015, concluded that 'there is a lack of substantial evidence to support claims that face masks protect either patient or surgeon from infectious contamination.'
• Carøe, in a 2014 review based on four studies and 6,006 patients, wrote that 'none of the four studies found a difference in the number of post-operative infections whether you used a surgical mask or not.'
• Salassa and Swiontkowski, in 2014, investigated the necessity of scrubs, masks and head coverings in the operating room and concluded that 'there is no evidence that these measures reduce the prevalence of surgical site infection.'
• Da Zhou et al., reviewing the literature in 2015, concluded that 'there is a lack of substantial evidence to support claims that face masks protect either patient or surgeon from infectious contamination.'