Sharps Injuries: the Risks and Relevance to Plastic Surgeons

Overview

Journal Plast Reconstr Surg

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2013 Apr 2

PMID 23542251

Citations 1

Authors

Jennifer F Waljee

Sunitha Malay

Kevin C Chung

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Abstract

Surgeons are at risk for injury in the operating room daily. Because of the ubiquity of occupational hazards, injuries remain prevalent and expensive. Although occupational hazards can include musculoskeletal conditions, psychosocial stress, radiation exposure, and the risk of communicable diseases, sharps injuries remain the most common among surgeons in practice and the most frequent route of transmission of blood-borne pathogens. Therefore, increased attention to the health, economic, personal, and social implications of these injuries is essential for appropriate management and future prevention.

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