Percutaneous exposure incidents of the health care personnel in a newly founded tertiary hospital: A prospective study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b,c   Karydis, Ioannis ^a   Kostogiannou, Ilektra ^b  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLEANING STAFF; FISHER EXACT TEST; GREECE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCNEMAR TEST; MEDICAL STAFF; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERCUTANEOUS EXPOSURE INCIDENT; PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION; BLOOD; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DANGEROUS GOODS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BLOOD; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FEMALE; GREECE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 34347396609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000194     Document Type: Article

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