Improved injection practices after the introduction of treatment and sterility guidelines in Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-296

  Vos, Jennechien ^a,f   Gumodoka, Balthazar ^a   Van Asten, Henri A ^b,c   Berege, Zacharias A ^a   Dolmans, Wil M ^c   Borgdorff, Martien W ^d,e  

^a Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^b World Health Organisation United Republic of Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f Health Centre Filmwijk   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Injection practices; Prescription practices; Sterility; Tanzania; Training

Indexed keywords

HEALTHCARE; HIV; INJECTION PRACTICE; STERILISATION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INJECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYRINGE; TANZANIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NEEDLES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STERILIZATION; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA, MWANZA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0031780493     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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