"SCALPEL SAFETY": How safe (or dangerous) are safety scalpels?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-177

  Sinnott, Michael ^a   Wall, Daryl ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCALPEL; SHARPS DISPOSAL;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 42649135215     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2007.01.010     Document Type: Letter

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