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The purpose of the present study was to determine the potential for operative field contamination following surgical visor\u2010mask clashes. The nature of bacterial contamination was also assessed.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> \u2003Thirty sham operative procedures were performed under normal operating conditions for a specified time period. The number of surgical visor mask clashes during each procedure was determined by randomization (0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 clashes). All procedures were performed over a standard blood agar plate array. The degree of bacterial contamination was assessed by counting c.f.u. that developed after 24\u2003h of incubation. Bacterial types were also determined.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> \u2003Surgical visor mask clashes resulted in increased contamination of the operative field; however, this was found to be independent of the number of clashes. 95% of pathogens were coagulase negative <jats:italic>Staphylococcus<\/jats:italic> species. 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