Surgeons' concern and practices of protection against bloodborne pathogens

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-272

  Patterson, J Megan M ^a   Novak, Christine B ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a,b   Patterson, G Alexander ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b East Pavilion   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROCONVERSION; SURGEON; SURGICAL GLOVE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 0032471720     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199808000-00017     Document Type: Article

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