Nurses and occupational exposures to bloodborne viruses in Poland

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-180

  Gańczak, Maria ^a,b   Milona, Marta ^a   Szych, Zbigniew ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HAND INJURY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MUCOSA; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN ABRASION; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT DURATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33644912857     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500333     Document Type: Review

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