Safety-engineered device implementation: Does it introduce bias in percutaneous injury reporting?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 543-547

  Sohn, SeJean ^a   Eagan, Janet ^a   Sepkowitz, Kent A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODBORNE DISEASE; DEVICE; ENGINEERING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS INJURY; SELF REPORT; STAFF TRAINING;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3242671788     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502437     Document Type: Article

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