Percutaneous Injuries During Surgical Procedures

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 267, Issue 21, 1992, Pages 2899-2904

  Tokars, Jerome I ^a   Bell, David M ^a   Culver, David H ^a   Marcus, Ruthanne ^a   Mendelson, Meryl H ^b   Sloan, Edward P ^c   Farber, Bruce F ^d   Fligner, Denise ^e   Chamberland, Mary E ^a   Mckibben, Penny S ^a   Martone, William J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^d NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY; NEEDLE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHICAGO; HAND INJURIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NEW YORK CITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPERATING ROOMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0026593717     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1992.03480210061033     Document Type: Article

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