Compliance with Universal/Standard Precautions among health care workers in rural north India

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-33

  Kermode, Michelle ^a   Jolley, Damien ^b   Langkham, Biangtung ^c   Thomas, Mathew Santhosh ^c   Holmes, Wendy ^d   Gifford, Sandy M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Emmanuel Hospital Association   (India)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; WORKPLACE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 15544378290     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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