Knowledge, attitude and practices among health care workers on needle-stick injuries

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 396-399

  Alam, Maqbool ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE STATUS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036765882     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2002.396     Document Type: Article

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