Injectable bioadhesives offer several advantages over conventional staples and sutures in
surgery to seal and close incisions or wounds. Despite the growing research in recent years …

BACKGROUND: The operating room is a high-risk setting for occupational sharps injuries
and bloodborne pathogen exposure. The requirement to provide safety-engineered devices …

In a rghts-based approach to healtbh, the provision of essential surgical serces is not a
luxury, but a critical component of the" highest atainable standard of health." Yet while …

Recently, surgical services have been gaining greater attention as an integral part of public
health in low-income countries due to the significant volume and burden of surgical …

This paper is the long awaited update to that important 1995 Exposure Prevention
Information Network (EPINet®) report on BBF exposures and the first major publication …

Background Medical supplies and equipment are unevenly distributed throughout the world.
Objective Our aim was to describe, quantify, and monetize unused supplies suitable for …

Our playing field is awash with free advice, admonitions, suggestions, and of course,
regulations intended to improve ''patient safety.''1Y6 So it should be, because without proper …

The World Health Organisation's patient-safety checklist for surgery has highlighted
operating room safety, and plastic surgeons have been quick to suggest specialityspecific …