Eye protection during mastoid surgery.
A questionnaire was sent to all Full Members of the British Association of Otolaryngologists to ascertain whether and what type of eye protection surgeons and theatre nurses wear during mastoid surgery. Despite Department of Health recommendations only 58 per cent of surgeons and 19 per cent of theatre nurses routinely wear any form of eye protection.
Mitchell
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Department of Otolaryngology, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, UK.
Courteney-Harris
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Innes
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D005135:Eye Protective Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D010036:Otolaryngology; D013527:Perioperative Nursing