Needlestick and sharps injuries among health-care workers in Taiwan

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-265

  Guo, Y L ^a   Shiao, J ^a,b   Chuang, Y C ^a   Huang, K Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SYPHILIS; TAIWAN;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYPHILIS; TAIWAN; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0032931354     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268899002186     Document Type: Article

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