Provision and use of personal protective equipment and safety devices in the National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 743-749

  Mathews, Rahel ^a   Leiss, Jack K ^a   Lyden, Jennifer T ^a   Sousa, Sara ^a   Ratcliffe, Jennifer M ^a   Jagger, Janine ^b  

^a Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; NEEDLE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149142631     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.04.250     Document Type: Article

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