Thumbs Up on
Safety Scalpels
Our reader survey finds more
surgeons are using them —
but many still refuse to convert.
S
urgeons have a love-loathe rela-
tionship with safety scalpels. On
the one hand, more surgeons
are using scalpels with
retractable or otherwise pro-
tected blades today than they were
5 years ago — sometimes
by choice, some-
• MAKING THE CUT Some
surgeons complain that safety
scalpels do not have the correct
feel, quality or precision of
standard scalpels.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
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