Safety in Office-Based Dermatologic Surgery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Levitt, Jacob O. (Editor), Sobanko, Joseph F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Health promotion.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

In medical practice, unfamiliarity with procedures increases the likelihood of occupational exposures.  Learning to perform a procedure properly early on reinforces safe habits, improves overall surgical safety, and reduces occupational exposures.   Safety in Office-Based Dermatologic Surgery is rel...

Table of Contents:

• Epidemiology
• What to do if exposed
• Personal safety equipment
• General Principles
• Setting up a tray
• Injection
• Working with an assistant
• Excision
• Hemostasis
• Suturing
• Venipuncture
• Curettage
• Cryotherapy
• Acne surgery
• Nail clipping
• Lasers and PDT.