Healthcare Workers and Bloodborne Pathogens: Knowledge, Concerns, and Practices

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 96-101

  Ryan, Marilyn E ^a   Jones, Lorraine ^a   Miller, Diane ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 0030136767     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001610-199605000-00004     Document Type: Article

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