Rapid assessment of injection practices in Cambodia, 2002

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vong, Sirenda ^a   Perz, Joseph F ^a   Sok, Srun ^b   Som, Seiharath ^b   Goldstein, Susan ^a   Hutin, Yvan ^c   Tulloch, James ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFUSION; INJECTION; MALE; NEEDLE; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; SYRINGES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 23044433690     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-56     Document Type: Review

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