Determination of risk of infection with blood-borne pathogens following a needlestick injury in hospital workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 615-622

  Wicker, Sabine ^a   Cinatl, Jindrich ^a   Berger, Annemarie ^a   Doerr, Hans W ^a   Gottschalk, René ^a   Rabenau, Holger F ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood borne viruses; Healthcare workers; Occupational infections

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HOSPITALS; HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; MEDICINE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; VIRUSES;

BLOOD-BORNE VIRUSES; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNO DEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL INFECTIONS; POST-EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS INFECTION;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CALCULATION; GERMANY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; GERMANY; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 53849137658     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men044     Document Type: Article

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