Bloodborne pathogens and procedure safety in interventional radiology

Seminars in Ultrasound CT and MRI

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-214

  Hansen, Margaret E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CPO Radiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031942250     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2171(98)90062-2     Document Type: Review

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