Universal precautions: Attitudes of Australian and New Zealand anaesthetists

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 138-140

  Richards, Michael J ^a   Jenkin, Grant A ^a   Johnson, Paul D R ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL GLOVE;

EID: 0031045305     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb140045.x     Document Type: Article

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