Blunt suture needles were
extremely helpful to me during
episiotomies. Consider that, dur-
ing closing, I had to place the first
stitch at the apex of the episioto-
my incision in the posterior vagi-
na while working through signifi-
cant amounts of blood and amni-
otic fluid. That initial suture
essentially needed to be placed by
feel, and it needed to be placed
quickly. It was during that difficult
step that I suffered most of the
needlesticks I sustained — I esti-
mate about 150 sticks in my 30
years of practice before using
blunt suture needles, and none
during 10 years of surgery after
making the switch. Surgeons still
have to be careful when working
with the latest blunt suture nee-
dles, but the safety devices pro-
tect against drawing blood from
glancing blows that can puncture
1 or 2 layers of gloves.
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Safety scalpels
Safety scalpels also became
available soon after my
incident and I immediately began
At last, it's safe to switch.
To the Bard-Parker SafeSwitch.
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