The incidence and reporting rates of needle-stick injury amongst UK surgeons

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-17

  Thomas, William J C ^a   Murray, J R D ^b  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood borne viruses; Needle stick injury; Reporting rates; Sharps injury; Surgical contamination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSULTANTS; ENGLAND; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58349110753     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X359213     Document Type: Article

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