Building Better Programs to Prevent Transmission of Blood-Borne Pathogens to Healthcare Personnel: Progress in the Workplace, But Still No End in Sight

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 719-721

  Pegues, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WORKPLACE;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142153071     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502118     Document Type: Editorial

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