Evaluating infection control practices among dentists in Vâlcea, Romania, in 1998

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 570-575

  Duffy, Rosemary E ^a   Cleveland, Jennifer L ^b   Hutin, Yvan J ^c   Cardo, Denise ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INJURY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS INJURY; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; ROMANIA; STANDARD; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTISTRY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; ROMANIA; STERILIZATION; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 3242723426     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502441     Document Type: Article

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