Accidental occupational exposure of intravenous nurses to human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Intravenous Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-220

  Meisenhelder, Janice Bell ^a,b,c  

^a WAGNER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031848041     PISSN: 08965846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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