Hepatitis B - Are surgeons putting patients at risk?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 529-531

  Birrell, L N ^a   Cooke, R A ^a  

^a WORCESTERSHIRE HEALTH AND CARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exposure prone procedures; Health care workers; Hepatitis B; Transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; DNA, VIRAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY;

EID: 0032414843     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.8.529     Document Type: Article

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