Author Design Sample criteria Sample size Blinding Punyatanasakchai et al. [18 ] Randomized controlled trail Patients and surgeons from Ramathibodi Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
π
=
3
0
0
(C:
π
=
1
5
0
, I:
π
=
1
5
0
)No blinding Kovavisarach and Seedadee [19 ] Randomized controlled trail Gynaecologic patients who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) with or without bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) at Rajavithi Hospital between September 1 1999 to August 31 2000. Primary surgeons and specialist assistants from the same hospital.
π
=
1
7
0
(C:
π
=
8
2
, I:
π
=
8
8
)No blinding Nordkam et al. [20 ] Randomized clinical trail Patients who underwent laparotomy. Surgeons from the Department of Surgery
π
=
2
0
0
(C:
π
=
1
0
0
, I:
π
=
1
0
0
)Not reported Wilson et al. [5 ] Randomized prospective trial Patients underwent an obstetric laceration repair in the labor and delivery suite from January 2005 through September 2006. Surgeons from Medical University of South Carolina
π
=
4
3
8
(C:
π
=
2
2
1
, I:
π
=
2
1
7
)No blinding Sullivan et al. [21 ] Randomized control trial All patients requiring nonemergent cesarean deliveries from January to September 2006. Surgeons from Medical University of South Carolina
π
=
1
9
4
(C:
π
=
9
7
, I:
π
=
9
7
)No blinding Caillot et al. [22 ] Randomized control trial Visceral surgical procedures performed in the surgical emergency department and 5 surgeons in the department.
π
=
1
0
0
(C:
π
=
5
0
, I:
π
=
5
0
)Not reported Gaujac et al. [23 ] Comparative randomized trial Consecutive patients with maxillomandibular fractures. Two emergency room surgeons.
π
=
4
2
(C:
π
=
4
7
, I:
π
=
5
6
)No blinding Laine and Aarnio [24 ] Randomized prospective trial All gloves used by the surgeons in 885 surgical operations at Satakunta Central Hospital.
π
=
2
4
6
2
(C:
π
=
1
0
2
0
, I:
π
=
1
1
4
8
, combination:
π
=
2
9
4
)Not reported Wang et al. [25 ] Quasiexperimental study Students enrolled at Xiang Ya school of Medicine, Department of Nursing, in the 4-year nursing program
π
=
1
0
6
(C:
π
=
5
0
, I:
π
=
5
6
)Blinding Naver and Gottrup [26 ] Randomized control study Gloves tested on surgeons, assistants and scrub nurses in university hospital, Denmark
π
=
5
6
6
(C:
π
=
3
0
6
, I:
π
=
2
6
0
)Not reported Thomas et al. [9 ] Randomized control study Surgical procedures lasting more than one hour performed in department of general surgery, lady hardinge medical college and associated srimati sucheta kriplani hospital, New Delhi.
π
=
3
9
6
(C:
π
=
1
9
8
, I:
π
=
1
9
8
)No blinding Laine and Aarnio [27 ] Randomized control study All gloves used inconsecutive orthopaedic and trauma operations, conventional and arthroscopic in Satakunta central hospital, Pori, Finland
π
=
9
7
2
Not reported Lancaster and Duff [8 ] Cohort study Gloves from obstetric and gynaecologic surgical procedures at University of Florida College of Medicine
π
=
1
0
0
(C:
π
=
3
2
5
, I:
π
=
6
7
5
)No blinding Naβaya et al. [28 ] Cohort study Gloves used in general surgical procedures in department of surgery, University of Maiduguri teaching hospital, Nigeria.
π
=
1
1
2
0
(C:
π
=
2
4
0
, I:
π
=
8
8
0
)No blinding
