Injection practices in Burkina Faso in 2000

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-308

  Fitzner, Julia ^a,b   Aguilera, J F ^c   Yameogo, A ^d   Duclos, P ^a   Hutin, Y J F ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Cross infection; Health survey; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immunization; Injection safety

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; NEEDLE; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; SYRINGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BURKINA FASO; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INJECTIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 4344661212     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzh052     Document Type: Article

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