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Eye protection during mastoid surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

T. E. Mitchell ,
R. G. Courteney-Harris  and
A. J. Innes
T. E. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Brunswick Road, Norwich, NR1 3JR, UK.
R. G. Courteney-Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Brunswick Road, Norwich, NR1 3JR, UK.
A. J. Innes*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Brunswick Road, Norwich, NR1 3JR, UK.
*
Mr A. J. Innes, ENT Department, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Brunswick Road, Norwich NR1 3SR.
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Abstract

A questionnaire was sent to all Full Members of the British Association of Otolaryngologists to ascertain whether and what type of eye protection surgeons and theatre nurses wear during mastoid surgery. Despite Department of Health recommendations only 58 per cent of surgeons and 19 percent of theatre nurses routinely wear any form of eye protection.

Keywords

Eye protective devicesMastoid, surgery
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 8 , August 1995 , pp. 707 - 709
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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