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Archive > June, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 6

Take Our Electrosurgery Safety Quiz

Six questions to test your knowledge of thermal injury prevention.

Vangie Dennis, RN, CNOR, CMLSO

It's estimated that one in four procedures involving electrosurgery results in accidental burns and that, 30 percent of the time, OR staff didn't know the injuries had occurred until much later. Laparoscopic electrosurgery in particular is even more dangerous, with three in four burn injuries going unnoticed until well after the procedure, according to the Physician Insurers Association of America.

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