More should be done to protect surgical patients from intraoperative hepatitis B infection

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 303-305

  Paton, Shirley ^a   Zou, Shimian ^a   Giulivi, Antonio ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; NOTE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGERY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY;

EID: 0035996320     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502055     Document Type: Editorial

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