title: Injury prevention in anesthesiology.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*