Sterilizable syringes: Excessive risk or cost-effective option?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 812-819

  Battersby, A ^a   Feilden, R ^a   Nelson, C ^b  

^a Feilden Battersby Hlth Syst A   (United Kingdom)

^b PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs benefit analysis; Disease transmission; Disposable equipment; Horizontal; Risk factors; Syringes

Indexed keywords

COST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; REVIEW; RISK; SYRINGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EVALUATION; EVALUATION INDEXES; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RISK BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SUMMARY REPORT; SYRINGE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; STERILIZATION; SYRINGES;

EID: 0032726234     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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