Strategies for Preventing Sharps Injuries in the Operating Room

2005 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 1299-1305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramon Berguer ◽  
Paul J. Heller
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Sharps Injuries

Sharps Injuries in the Operating Room Sterile Fields of an Academic Tertiary Care Center

2015 ◽  
Vol 221 (4) ◽  
pp. S132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naveen F. Sangji ◽  
Sandra Silvestri ◽  
Evelyn Abayaah ◽  
David C. Chang ◽  
Matthew M. Hutter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Tertiary Care Center ◽  
Sharps Injuries

Preventable Errors in the Operating Room—Part 2: Retained Foreign Objects, Sharps Injuries, and Wrong Site Surgery

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 352-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Forcht Dagi ◽  
Ramon Berguer ◽  
Stephen Moore ◽  
H. David Reines
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Wrong Site Surgery ◽  
Foreign Objects ◽  
Sharps Injuries ◽  
Wrong Site

Prevalence and risk factors of needlestick injuries, sharps injuries, and blood and body fluid exposures among operating room nurses in Thailand

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nongyao Kasatpibal ◽  
JoAnne D. Whitney ◽  
Sadubporn Katechanok ◽  
Sukanya Ngamsakulrat ◽  
Benjawan Malairungsakul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Body Fluid ◽  
Needlestick Injuries ◽  
Operating Room Nurses ◽  
Sharps Injuries

scholarly journals Sharps injuries in the operating room

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 348-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parvin Lakbala ◽  
Ghasem Sobhani ◽  
Mahboobeh Lakbala ◽  
Kavoos Dindarloo Inaloo ◽  
Hamid Mahmoodi
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Sharps Injuries

Biomedical applications: Pitfalls in the practice

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 378-379
Author(s):  
J. D. Shelburne ◽  
Peter Ingram ◽  
Victor L. Roggli ◽  
Ann LeFurgey
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Liquid Nitrogen ◽  
Lung Tissue ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Microprobe Analysis ◽  
Tissue Sample ◽  
Cellular Level ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Asbestos Fibers

At present most medical microprobe analysis is conducted on insoluble particulates such as asbestos fibers in lung tissue. Cryotechniques are not necessary for this type of specimen. Insoluble particulates can be processed conventionally. Nevertheless, it is important to emphasize that conventional processing is unacceptable for specimens in which electrolyte distributions in tissues are sought. It is necessary to flash-freeze in order to preserve the integrity of electrolyte distributions at the subcellular and cellular level. Ideally, biopsies should be flash-frozen in the operating room rather than being frozen several minutes later in a histology laboratory. Electrolytes will move during such a long delay. While flammable cryogens such as propane obviously cannot be used in an operating room, liquid nitrogen-cooled slam-freezing devices or guns may be permitted, and are the best way to achieve an artifact-free, accurate tissue sample which truly reflects the in vivo state. Unfortunately, the importance of cryofixation is often not understood. Investigators bring tissue samples fixed in glutaraldehyde to a microprobe laboratory with a request for microprobe analysis for electrolytes.

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