Community acquired needlestick injuries in non-health care workers presenting to an urban emergency department

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 434-440

  O'Leary, Fenton M ^a,b   Green, Timothy C ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Needlestick injuries; Occupational; Police; Syringes; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION; SYRINGE; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; WORKER;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0345095451     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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