Percutaneous exposure incidents among australian hospital staff

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-330

  Smith, Derek R ^a,b   Leggat, Peter A ^b   Takahashi, Ken ^c  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australia; Doctor; Health care worker; Hepatitis B; Hospital; Needlestick; Nurse; Percutaneous Exposure Incident; Sharps; Universal precautions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 27744605238     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2005.11076654     Document Type: Article

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