Injury prevention in anesthesiology.
Anesthesia personnel routinely perform procedures that put them at risk for contact with blood and body fluids. Some of these exposures are to skin and mucous membranes; many are percutaneous injuries associated with the frequent use of needled devices. The high risk in anesthesia procedures for contact with infected body fluids is associated with a high incidence rate of actual infection with bloodborne pathogens.
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012449:Safety; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000517:prevention & control*