Needlestick injuries among German medical students: Time to take a different approach?

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 742-745

  Wicker, Sabine ^a   Nürnberger, Frank ^a   Schulze, Johannes B ^a   Rabenau, Holger F ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

*education, medical, undergraduate; Germany; Humans; Needlestick injuries *prevention control aetiology; Occupational diseases *prevention control aetiology; Virus diseases *prevention control aetiology

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORBIDITY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 44949192733     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03119.x     Document Type: Article

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