Knowledge and practices of health care workers and medical students towards universal precautions in hospitals in Mazandaran Province

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 653-661

  Motamed, Nilo ^a   BabaMahmoodi, F ^b   Khalilian, A ^b   Peykanheirati, M ^c   Nozari, M ^c  

^a BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Medical School   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VACCINE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MALE; MASK; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEEDLE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY FLUIDS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 33847666384     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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