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Orthopaedic surgeons and surgical teams face significant occupational hazards including radiation, infections, surgical smoke, noise, chemicals, and physical or psychological stress, requiring awareness and safety measures.
Orthopaedic surgical teams face specific occupational hazards including radiation, infection, and chemical exposure, necessitating strict adherence to safety protocols.
Alerts orthopaedic teams to occupational risks; leaves open optimal mitigation strategies pending prospective data.
Orthopaedic surgeons and the surgical team not only face health hazards faced by most of the physicians in any medical field but also hazards specific to the practice of orthopaedic surgery. Common health hazards are related to radiation, infections, surgical smoke, noise, chemicals, physical and it may be psychological. The aim of this article is to review the hazards and raise the awareness for the safety of orthopaedic surgeon and the surgical team as well as patient and newly introduced surgical team member in Operation Theater.
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KC et al. (2017) conducted a review in Occupational hazards in orthopaedic surgery. Occupational hazards (radiation, infection, noise, smoke, chemicals, physical, psychological) was evaluated. Orthopaedic surgeons and surgical teams face significant occupational hazards including radiation, infections, surgical smoke, noise, chemicals, and physical or psychological stress, requiring awareness and safety measures.
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