Investigation of infection control practices and knowledge of hepatitis C among body-piercing practitioners

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 215-220

  Hellard, Margaret ^a   Aitken, Campbell ^a   Mackintosh, Andrew ^b   Ridge, Allison ^b   Bowden, Scott ^c  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Australian Inst of Environ Health   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RNA VIRUS; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; TATTOOING; VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0038000718     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2003.61     Document Type: Article

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