Glove utilization and reasons for poor compliance by health care workers in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-97

  Adegboye, A A ^a   Roy, P K ^a   Emeka, C ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NIGERIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030977421     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559702700216     Document Type: Article

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