Compliance with universal precautions among emergency department personnel caring for trauma patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-165

  Evanoff, B ^a   Kim, L ^a   Mutha, S ^a   Jeffe, D ^a   Haase, C ^a   Andereck, D ^a   Fraser, V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE MASK; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032955401     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(99)70389-6     Document Type: Article

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