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Archive > January, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 1

Put to the Test: Safety Scalpels in Action

Which safeguarded sharps would your surgeons really want to use?

David Bernard, Senior Associate Editor

To find out how far safety scalpels have come, we visited the chief of surgery at a busy metropolitan hospital and asked him to evaluate the design and construction of 10 different scalpels. He tested the safety features of each, offering his views on which ones made a difference to him and which might get them into your surgeons' hands for good.

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