title: Use of protective eyewear among surgeons in a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria.
abstract: The study was a prospective study during which a hand-held lens was used to examine the goggles of all surgeons who used them during surgery at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. Only 169 (54.8%) of the 308 surgeons used eye protection during surgery. There was at least a bloodstain on 70 (41.4%) of the goggles. There is need to enforce universal precautions during surgery to protect the eyes of surgeons from blood drops of the patient being operated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. jtukur@yahoo.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tukur
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Yakubu
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sheshe
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Abubakar
mesh_terms: D017848:Blood-Borne Pathogens; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005135:Eye Protective Devices / Q000382:microbiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013502:General Surgery; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009549:Nigeria; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016635:Universal Precautions