The risk of eye splash injuries in surgery

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 785-787

  Marasco, Silvana ^a,b   Woods, Simon ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Eye injuries; Hepatitis; HIV; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGERY; SURGICAL MASK;

EID: 0031771426     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04677.x     Document Type: Article

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