Practice of universal precautions among healthcare workers

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 722-724

  Sadoh, Wilson E ^a   Fawole, Adeniran O ^b   Sadoh, Ayebo E ^c   Oladimeji, Ayo O ^c   Sotiloye, Oladapo S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Healthcare workers; Precautions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY FLUID; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SAMPLING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAINING;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 33646515315     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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