Occupational exposure to sharps and splash: Risk among health care providers in three tertiary care hospitals in South India

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-40

  Tetali, S ^a,b   Choudhury, P L ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b MLR 2 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure; Post exposure prophylaxis; Sharps; Splash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEEDLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SAFETY; SURGEON; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAINING;

EID: 33645709578     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.22894     Document Type: Article

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