High Incidence of Blood Exposure Due to Imperceptible Contaminated Splatters During Oral Surgery

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 704-710

  Ishihama, Kohji ^a   Iida, Seiji ^a   Koizumi, Hidehiko ^a   Wada, Takenobu ^a   Adachi, Tadafumi ^a   Isomura Tanaka, Emiko ^a   Yamanishi, Tadashi ^a   Enomoto, Akifumi ^a   Kogo, Mikihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORAL SURGERY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SURGEON; SURGICAL MASK; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD STAINS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTISTS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLAR, THIRD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 40749108017     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.06.663     Document Type: Article

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