Published in AIDS Weekly, February 9th, 2009
"A recent study found 55% of surgeons' masks contain evidence of blood splash contamination after percutaneous nephrolithotomy. While the risk of infectious disease transmission to the surgeon after mucocutaneous exposure is unknown, the incapacitating disease these pathogens cause can have a devastating and permanent effect on a surgeon's career," wrote J.A. Eandi and colleagues, University of...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-02-09)
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