Risk of conjunctival contamination in total joint arthroplasty

Singh, Bijayendra; Nurein, H.; Sinha, S.; Singh, Sarvpreet; Housden, Philip

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2006.01.037

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“…Outside the region, in the United Kingdom, 48% of orthopaedic surgeons interviewed in one study did not utilise practice eye protection during orthopaedic procedures, 28% even claiming eye protection was not necessary (8). In a Dutch study, up to 83% of respondents failed to use provided protection clothing (9).…”

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Risk Of Conjunctival Contamination From Blood Splashes During Surgery At The Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

Ogendo¹,

Awori²,

Omondi³

et al. 2008

E Af Med Jrnl

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Objectives:To determine the utilisation rate of design specific eye protection by surgeons and to assess the risk of conjunctival contamination with blood splashes during surgery. Design: Cross sectional, observational study. Setting: The theatre suite of Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi Subjects: Surgeons from all specialties operating in the theatre suite. Results: The minority of surgeons, 5.2% utilised protective eye goggles compared to 3.5% of assistants. Prescription eye spectacles were the most common form of eye protection at 41.9 and 20.9% respectively for surgeons and their assistants. The contamination rate for provided protective eye wear was 53.1% with the average number of droplets being 2.48 per procedure for the principal surgeon. The duration of surgery and the use of power tools influenced the contamination rate. Conclusions: The utilisation rate of design specific protective eye wear is low and with a significant risk of conjunctival contamination, changes in attitudes and practices are needed to increase utilisation.

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Risk Of Conjunctival Contamination From Blood Splashes During Surgery At The Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

Ogendo¹,

Awori²,

Omondi³

et al. 2008

E Af Med Jrnl

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“…Of the 15 NHS Trusts in Wales, university trusts were excluded ( n = 2) as adverse exposures to blood and body fluids may occur more frequently in these hospitals (Venier et al. 2007) and compliance with precautions may be higher (Singh et al. 2006).…”

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The systems approach to error reduction: factors influencing inoculation injury reporting in the operating theatre

Cutter

Jordan

2012

J Nurs Manag

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“…1,2 Reaming, lavage, and use of saw ( Fig. 1) have all shown to produce aerosols that vary in size from 0.7 to 5 mm 1,3 Surgical helmet systems are routinely used by arthroplasty surgeons to reduce the peri-operative infection rates and were also used as personal protective equipment. 2e4 However, their use during COVID 19 pandemic 5 is not recommended by the manufacturers and the orthopaedic community.…”

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Improvising the surgical helmet system for aerosol-generating procedures in the OR: Surgeon designed 3D printed mould for augmented filtration system

Shah

Sahu

Kini

et al. 2021

Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma

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The aim of this paper is to describe the process of designing and developing a mould for filter placement via 3D printing on top of the surgical helmet. This mould was designed to affix a filter material on top of the helmet system for use during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2. Method: The authors performed 3D scanning of the Stryker Surgical helmet (Stryker T5, REF 400e610, US patents 6,973,677:7,753,682) and created a negative template of the top of the helmet. A mould for filter placement was printed and fitted onto the top of the surgical helmet. This construct was tested to evaluate the surgeon's comfort, aerosol filtration efficiency etc. 3. Result: The helmet provided adequate comfort, showed no evidence of staining on spill test and the filter passed the industry filtration efficiency standards. 4. Conclusion: The 3D printed mould is an inexpensive, efficient, and comfortable design to augment personal protection ability of the Stryker helmet system. This process can be extrapolated to 3D print templates for other surgical helmets.

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Risk of conjunctival contamination in total joint arthroplasty

Cited by 12 publications

References 15 publications

Risk Of Conjunctival Contamination From Blood Splashes During Surgery At The Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

Risk Of Conjunctival Contamination From Blood Splashes During Surgery At The Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

The systems approach to error reduction: factors influencing inoculation injury reporting in the operating theatre

Improvising the surgical helmet system for aerosol-generating procedures in the OR: Surgeon designed 3D printed mould for augmented filtration system

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