Occupational exposures to blood in a dental teaching environment: Results of a ten-year surveillance study

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 436-448

  Younai, Fariba S ^a   Murphy, Denise C ^b   Kotelchuck, David ^c  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodborne infections; Dental teaching environment; Occupational exposures; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; BODY FLUID; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; EYE INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEROLOGY; SKIN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BODY FLUIDS; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL STAFF; EYE INJURIES; FACULTY, DENTAL; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS C; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SKIN; STUDENTS, DENTAL; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0035345641     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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