Reducing the occupational risk of infections for the surgeon: Multicentric national survey on more than 15,000 surgical procedures

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 573-578

  Pietrabissa, Andrea ^a   Merigliano, Stefano ^b   Montorsi, Marco ^c   Poggioli, Gilberto ^d   Stella, Marco ^e   Borzomati, Domenico ^f   Ciferri, Enrico ^g   Rossi, Giuseppe ^h   Doglietto, Gianbattista ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^h INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 0030944736     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900275     Document Type: Article

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