Needlestick injuries during medical training

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-267

  Deisenhammer, S ^a   Radon, K ^a   Nowak, D ^a   Reichert, J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood borne viruses; Cross sectional study; Intervention; Medical students; Prevention; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33744549711     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.01.019     Document Type: Article

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