Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in Ankara, Turkey

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-52

  Azap, Alpay ^a   Ergönül, Önder ^b   Memikoǧlu, Kemal O ^a   Yeşilkaya, Aypegül ^a   Altunsoy, Adalet ^a   Bozkurt, Gülden Yýlmaz ^a   Tekeli, Emil ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 15544377269     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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