Working with risk: Occupational safety issues among healthcare workers in Kenya

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-310

  Taegtmeyer, M ^a,b   Suckling, R M ^b   Nguku, P M ^c   Meredith, C ^a   Kibaru, J ^c   Chakaya, J M ^d   Muchela, H ^a   Gilks, C F ^b,e  

^a Liverpool VCT   (Kenya)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; VACCINATION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 41349120262     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701583787     Document Type: Article

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