Injection safety practice among health workers in static immunization centres in a Nigerian urban community

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-186

  Musa, O I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INJECTION; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION;

EQUIPMENT REUSE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INJECTIONS; NEEDLES; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SYRINGES; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINES;

EID: 33746765194     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947506777978163     Document Type: Letter

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