Occupational exposure to blood and risk of bloodborne virus infection among health care workers in rural north Indian health care settings

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-41

  Kermode, Michelle ^a   Jolley, Damien ^b   Langkham, Biangtung ^c   Thomas, Mathew Santhosh ^c   Crofts, Nick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Emmanuel Hospital Association   (India)

^d TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; VIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 15544386059     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.07.015     Document Type: Article

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