Needlestick injury and accidental exposure to blood: The need for improving the hepatitis B vaccination grade among health care workers outside the hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 610-612

  Vos, Dieuwke ^a,b   Götz, Hannelore M ^a,b   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^b  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSING ASSISTANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; VACCINATION;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NETHERLANDS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33750611782     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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