Needlestick and sharps injuries among nurses in a tropical Australian hospital

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-77

  Smith, Derek R ^a,b   Smyth, Wendy ^c   Leggat, Peter A ^b   Wang, Rui Sheng ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Needlestick; Nurse; Sharps; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 33646822994     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2006.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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