Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 98-106, January 2010

Scalpel safety in the operative setting: A systematic review

  • Amber M. Watt, BMedSc, GDPH

      Affiliations

    • Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures–Surgical (ASERNIP-S), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Adelaide, Australia
    • ,
  • Michael Patkin, MBBS, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Discipline of Surgery, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
    • Discipline of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, Australia
    • ,
  • Michael J. Sinnott, MBBS, FACEM, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Australia
    • ,
  • Robert J. Black, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Mater Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • Guy J. Maddern, PhD, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures–Surgical (ASERNIP-S), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Adelaide, Australia
    • Discipline of Surgery, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
    • Discipline of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Guy J. Maddern, PhD, FRACS, P.O. Box 553, Stepney SA 5069, Australia.

Accepted 20 August 2009. published online 14 October 2009.

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 Supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and the South Australian Department of Health.

PII: S0039-6060(09)00497-8

doi:10.1016/j.surg.2009.08.001

Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 98-106, January 2010

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