Laser safety: Regulations, standards and practice guidelines

Brienne D. Cressey; Ashley Keyes; Murad Alam

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76118-3_2

Laser safety: Regulations, standards and practice guidelines

Brienne D. Cressey, Ashley Keyes^*, Murad Alam

^*Corresponding author for this work

Dermatology

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Abstract

The use of lasers is routine in many medical specialties. In some cases, the particular benefit of lasers has made them desirable alternatives to conventional surgical instruments such as scalpels, electrosurgical units, cryosurgery probes, or microwave devices.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Lasers in dermatology and medicine
Subtitle of host publication	dermatologic applications
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	37-47
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319761183
ISBN (Print)	9783319761169
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76118-3_2
State	Published - Jun 6 2018

Keywords

Dermatologic lasers
Laser
Laser guidelines
Laser regulations
Laser safety
Laser standards
Medical lasers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine

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