Needlestick and other potential blood and body fluid exposures among health care workers in British Columbia, Canada

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-21

  Alamgir, Hasanat ^a   Cvitkovich, Yuri ^b   Astrakianakis, George ^a   Yu, Shicheng ^a   Yassi, Annalee ^b  

^a Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CANADA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICAL NURSE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHARPS DISPOSAL; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; BODY FLUIDS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 38649135447     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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