Occupational hazards related to the practice of anaesthesia;Risques professionnels liés à la pratique de l'anesthésie

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-73

  Merat F ^a   Merat S ^b  

^a Ecole du Val de Grace   (France)

^b University of Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

Addiction; Anaesthesia; Anaesthetic gas; Electrocution; Explosion; Latex allergy; Occupational blood exposure; Occupational hazards; Radiation exposure; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC GAS; LATEX; NITROUS OXIDE; TOXIC GAS;

ADDICTION; AIR CONDITIONING; ALLERGY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; BLOOD; BURNOUT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROCUTION; EXPLOSION; FIRE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; IONIZING RADIATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDLINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OPERATING ROOM; PAIN; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; BURNS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ELECTRIC INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; FIRES; GAS SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OPERATING ROOMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 38349125596     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2007.10.033     Document Type: Short Survey

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