Estimate of the annual number of percutaneous injuries among hospital-based healthcare workers in the united states, 1997-1998

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 556-562

  Panlilio, Adelisa L ^a,e   Orelien, Jean G ^b   Srivastava, Pamela U ^c   Jagger, Janine ^d   Cohn, Richard D ^b   Cardo, Denise M ^a  

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

^b Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCUTANEOUS INJURY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242736819     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502439     Document Type: Article

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