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  • Title: Use of protective eyewear among surgeons in a tertiary hospital in northern Nigeria.
    Author: Tukur J, Yakubu AA, Sheshe AA, Abubakar IS.
    Journal: Trop Doct; 2007 Jan; 37(1):40-2. PubMed ID: 17326889.
    Abstract:
    The study was a prospective study during which a hand-held lens was used to examine the goggles of all surgeons who used them during surgery at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. Only 169 (54.8%) of the 308 surgeons used eye protection during surgery. There was at least a bloodstain on 70 (41.4%) of the goggles. There is need to enforce universal precautions during surgery to protect the eyes of surgeons from blood drops of the patient being operated.
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