Evaluation of needle-stick injuries among health care workers in Isfahan province, Islamic Republic of Iran [4]

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 209-210

  Javadi, A A ^a   Mobasherizadeh, S ^b   Memarzadeh, M ^a   Mostafavizadeh, K ^a   Yazdani, R ^a   Tavakoli, A ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY;

BLOOD SAMPLING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; LETTER; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SHARPS DISPOSAL; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRAN; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34347337804     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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