title: Occupational hazards and diseases related to the practice of anesthesiology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The practice of anesthesiology is not without risks to the anesthesiologist. The operating room (OR), in which anesthesiologists spend most of their time, is regarded as an unhealthy workplace due to the potential risks it offers. In this review, we propose an analysis of the occupational hazards that anesthesiologists are exposed in their daily practice.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  We present a classification of risk and its relationship to occupational diseases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Control of occupational hazards to which anesthesiologists are exposed daily is necessary in order to develop an appropriate workplace and minimize risks to the good practice of anesthesiology. This contributes to decrease absenteeism, improve patients' care and quality of life of anesthesiologists.
authors.affiliation: TSA; Professor, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: danielvolquind@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Volquind
authors.affiliation: Manager of Surgical Center, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Airton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bagatini
authors.affiliation: ME8, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriela Massaro Carneiro
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: ME8, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Rech
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Londero
authors.affiliation: ME8, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giovani Dani
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Benvenutti
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Anesthesiology; Occupational Diseases; Occupational Health; Risk.