Health care workers' exposure to blood-borne pathogens in Lebanon

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-98

  Musharrafieh, Umayya M ^a   Bizri, Abdul Rahman N ^a   Nassar, Nabil T ^a   Rahi, Amal C ^a   Shoukair, Ali M ^a   Doudakian, Rita M ^a   Hamadeh, Ghassan N ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Blood borne pathogens; Health care workers; Percutaneous; Sharps injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PARASITE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEBANON; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARPS DISPOSAL; STANDARDIZATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BODY FLUIDS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEBANON; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40349089881     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm139     Document Type: Article

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