Procedure-specific rates for needlestick injuries in health care workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 278-280

  Lee, Lukas Jyuhn Hsiarn ^a   Yu, Chih Ting ^b   Wang, Jung Der ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Needlestick injury (NSI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034749163     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.43.278     Document Type: Article

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