A bite in the playroom: Managing human bites in child care settings

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Bortolussi, Robert ^a   Finlay, Jane ^b   Moore, Dorothy L ^c   Robinson, Joan Louise ^b   Rousseau Harsany, Élisabeth ^d   Samson, Lindy Michelle ^e   MacDonald, Noni E ^a   Allen, Dilworth ^f   Hui, Charles P S ^e   Saux, Nicole Le ^e   Pickering, Larry ^b   Salvadori, Marina Ines ^g  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b The Montreal Children's Hospital ^*

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bites; Blood borne viruses; Child care; HBV; HIV

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BITE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; DRUG EXPOSURE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INJURY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOUND CARE;

EID: 57549083243     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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