Predictive factors for occupational bloodborne exposure in Turkish hospitals

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-69

  Hosoglu, Salih ^a   Akalin, Serife ^b   Sunbul, Mustafa ^c   Otkun, Metin ^d   Ozturk, Recep ^e  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Ondokuzmayis University Hospital   (Turkey)

^d TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 58549109896     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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