Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in a general hospital, China

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-98

  Zhang, Min ^a,b   Wang, Huanqiang ^a   Miao, Jianying ^c   Du, Xieyi ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Wu, Zhenglai ^b  

^a National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c Fujian Center for Prevention and Control of Occupational Disease and Chemical Poisoning   (China)

Author keywords

Blood; Body fluid; Cross sectional study; Health care workers; Needlesticks; Occupational exposure; Percutaneous injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 59449089783     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20645     Document Type: Article

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