Needle stick injuries in health care workers

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 567-571

  Alam, Maqbool ^a  

^a Sharourah Armed Forces Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blood borne infections; Health care workes (HCWs); Needle stick injury (NSI); Universal precautions

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACCIDENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANESTHESIST; BLOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; VACCINATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036756594     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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