Sharps Injuries in the Home Health Care Setting: Risks for Home Health Care Workers

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 102-108

  Haiduven, Donna ^a   Ferrol, Shalah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 2342518841     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507990405200306     Document Type: Article

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