Preventing sharps injuries in the operat
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Ramon Berguer; Paul J. Heller
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Article
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2004
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Elsevier Science
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English
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In the past, percutaneous injuries and mucocutaneous exposures were considered to be an accepted occupational hazard for the surgeon. Although the potential for injury, exposure, and contraction of blood-borne disease was well known, there were no attempts to reduce risk of such events. When the hum