Use of the Haddon matrix as a tool for assessing risk factors for sharps injury in emergency departments in the United Arab Emirates

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 751-754

  Ganczak, M ^a,b   Barss, Peter ^b   Al Marashda, A ^b   Al Marzouqi, A ^b   Al Kuwaiti, N ^b  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INJURY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHARP INJURY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 34250748369     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518317     Document Type: Article

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