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Incidence and prevention of conjunctival contamination with blood during hazardous surgical procedures
A E Hinton1, R C Herdman, M S Timms
1University Department of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
The incidence and risks of conjunctival contamination with patients' blood during a range of otolaryngological surgical procedures was assessed. Risks were found to be highest in three groups of procedures; tracheostomy, operations preceded by local anaesthetic injections and procedures involving the use of the air drill. A simple and effective method of protection using spectacles with large plain lenses is presented.