Pilot study: Post-surgical infections could be related with lack of sharpness in surgical tools

• David E. White,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BioDesign Lab, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Jim Bartley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Christopher Whittington,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation BioDesign Lab, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Lorenzo Garcia ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lorenzo.garcia@aut.ac.nz

  Affiliation BioDesign Lab, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-497X

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• Kaushik Chand,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation BioDesign Lab, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Celine Turangi

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation BioDesign Lab, School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

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