Preventing needlestick injuries in obstetrics and gynecology: How can we improve the use of blunt tip needles in practice?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1399-1403

  Catanzarite, Val ^a   Byrd, Kevin ^b   McNamara, Mike ^b   Bombard, Allan ^b  

^a San Diego Perinatal Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INJURY; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GYNECOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; NEEDLE; OBSTETRICS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; SUTURING METHOD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; NEEDLES; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 38449097084     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000287617.12113.3e     Document Type: Review

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