Injury or body fluid splash incidence rate during three months period in elective surgery procedures, at Dicle University Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-45

  Ertem, Melikşah ^a   Dalar, Yasemin ^a   Çevik, Uǧur ^a   Şahin, Hayrettin ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accidents, occupational; Blood and body fluid; Personnel, hospital; Risk factors; Sharp injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; BRAIN SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMPLOYEE; FACE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDEX FINGER; INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX SURGERY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BODY FLUIDS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TURKEY;

EID: 39749184781     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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