Filthy surgical instruments: a threat in America's operating rooms (2014)

Re:Filthy surgical instruments: a threat in America's operat... by sasaf5 on Saturday August 31, 2019 @10:48PM (#20850235)

>Joint surgeries are some of the highest risk for infection. In fact, when doing open joint surgery, orthopedic surgeons will wear what looks like a space suit with helmet and air supply and work under a giant air suction device to keep the would from being contaminated.

I can imagine how an open joint surgery has a high infection risk for the patient. But how does it also impose a risk for the surgeon?

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Re:Filthy surgical instruments: a threat in America's operat... by jchanimal on Saturday August 31, 2019 @10:58PM (#20850265)

All the interventions described seem to be designed for the purpose of keeping what the surgeon breaths out from getting into the wound.

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Re:Filthy surgical instruments: a threat in America's operat... by robbiep on Saturday August 31, 2019 @11:20PM (#20850315)

The risk to the surgeon is the same in all other surgeries - ie. cutting yourself etc, although in Ortho theatres there can be good splashes which can throw fluid up over your head. You should always wear a face mask that has a visor or separate goggles in surgery to avoid splashed but the pulse lavage used in Ortho washouts has the potential to really spray fluids about.

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Re:Filthy surgical instruments: a threat in America's operat... by pnutjam on Sunday September 01, 2019 @01:40PM (#20853509)

Bad results could impact their income?

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