SAFETY RAZOR BLADES FOR HAND SECTIONING

The Blades Grim Straight Razor

The straight razor is hardcore. It is cut-throat sharp, dangerous, and yet has always maintained its notoriety of providing the benchmark kind of shave to which every other razor is compared. Some joke that straight razor shaving is an esoteric art practiced only by mentally unstable people with a death wish, and a new brand on the market expands on this idea. This article takes a look at an in...

Removal of razor blades from stomach with fibreoptic endoscope.

The risk of intestinal perforation by solid foreign bodies depends on their size and shape (Spitz, 1971). Objects of over 5 cm diameter, ithose which do not appear to have moved forward on successive x-ray films, and especially sharp or pointed objects such as needles or razor blades should be considered for removal (Jackson and Jackson, 1951; Perelnan, 1962; Murat, et al., 1969). Laparotomy ha...

Patient safety: staff safety--hand in hand?

Detection of Hepatitis B Virus in Used Razor Blades by PCR

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection ranks among the most devastating health problems in the world.The most probable transmission routes of HBV are blood contact, sexual, and horizontal transfer. Other sources of HBV transmission are razor sharing, beauty treatments, tattooing, piercing, and manicures and other chiropody treatments.Many infections have been reported in South-Ea...

detection of hepatitis b virus in used razor blades by pcr