Monitoring and educational feedback to improve the compliance of tattooists and body piercers with infection control standards: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-154

  Oberdorfer, Aurmporn ^a,b   Wiggers, John H ^a,b,e   Bowman, Jenny ^a,c   Burrows, Sally ^a,d   Cockburn, Jill ^a,b   Considine, Robyn J ^a,b  

^a University of Newcastle ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Hunter Centre for Health Advancement   (Australia)

^e Hunter Centre for Health Advancement   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOODBORNE VIRUS; BODY PIERCING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INJURY; SKIN PENETRATION; TATTOOING; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2442483890     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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