Compliance with recommended infection control procedures among Canadian dentists: Results of a national survey

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 377-384

  McCarthy, Gillian M ^a   Koval, John J ^a   MacDonald, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032835658     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(99)70001-5     Document Type: Article

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