Prevalence and prevention of needlestick injuries among health care workers in a German university hospital

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-354

  Wicker, Sabine ^a   Jung, Juliane ^a   Allwinn, Regina ^a   Gottschalk, René ^b   Rabenau, Holger F ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Health Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood borne viruses; Health care workers; Needlestick injury; Occupational infections; Safety devices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 36549035308     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0219-7     Document Type: Article

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