title: Sharps injuries: the risks and relevance to plastic surgeons.
abstract: Surgeons are at risk for injury in the operating room daily. Because of the ubiquity of occupational hazards, injuries remain prevalent and expensive. Although occupational hazards can include musculoskeletal conditions, psychosocial stress, radiation exposure, and the risk of communicable diseases, sharps injuries remain the most common among surgeons in practice and the most frequent route of transmission of blood-borne pathogens. Therefore, increased attention to the health, economic, personal, and social implications of these injuries is essential for appropriate management and future prevention.
authors.affiliation: Ann Arbor, Mich. From the Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System.
authors.forename: Jennifer F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Waljee
authors.forename: Sunitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malay
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D013518:Surgery, Plastic
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