Accidental needlesticks in the phlebotomy service of the department of laboratory medicine and pathology at Mayo Clinic Rochester

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 611-615

  Dale, Jane C ^a   Pruett, Saralyn K ^a   Maker, Myron D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PATHOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031750491     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-6196(11)64883-0     Document Type: Article

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