Safety practice and professional exposure to blood and blood-containing materials in Serbian health care workers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 377-382

  Jovic Vranes, Aleksandra ^a   Jankovic, Slavenka ^a   Vranes, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Clinical Center of   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Professional exposure; Safety practice; Serbia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33750505701     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.48.377     Document Type: Article

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