Compliance with hepatitis B virus vaccination and risk of occupational exposure to blood and other body fluids in intensive care department personnel in Brazil

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 431-434

  Manso, Vânia F C ^a   Castro, Kézia F ^b   Matos, Sirley M ^c   Junqueira, Ana Luiza N ^a   Souza, Sandra B ^a   Sousa, Márcia M ^a   Martins, Regina M B ^a   Teles, Sheila A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Materno Infantil   (Brazil)

^c Araujo Jorge Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 0242440159     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2003.77     Document Type: Article

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