National incidence of percutaneous injury in Taiwan healthcare workers

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-179

  Shiao, Judith S C ^a   Lin, Ming Siou ^b   Shih, Tung Sheng ^b,c   Jagger, Janine ^d   Chen, Chiou Jong ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e No 99 Lane 407 ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hospital institutional environment; Occupational safety and health standards

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 42949096414     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20240     Document Type: Article

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