Current attitudes and practiees towards diathermy smoke

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-165

  Spearman, John ^a   Tsavellas, George ^b   Nichols, Paul ^c  

^a GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diathermy; Electrocoagulation; Occupational exposure; Surgical smoke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; ELECTROSURGERY; EQUIPMENT; EXTRACTION; FUME; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL SMOKE; TECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSULTANTS; DIATHERMY; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE;

EID: 33847779518     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X155752     Document Type: Article

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