Strategies for safe injections

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 996-1000

  Battersby, A ^a   Feilden, R ^a   Stoeckel P ^b   Da Silva, A ^b   Nelson, C ^c   Bass, A ^d  

^a Feilden Battersby Hlth Syst A   (United Kingdom)

^b Assoc pour l'Aide a la Med Prev   (France)

^c PATH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disposable equipment; Injections, instrumentation; Sterilization; Syringes, utilization

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; INJECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SYRINGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ECONOMIC FACTORS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; ORGANIZATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SUMMARY REPORT; SYRINGE; TECHNOLOGY; UN; WHO; WORLD;

DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; SAFETY; STERILIZATION; SYRINGES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033392298     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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