Accidental blood and body fluid exposure among doctors

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-106

  Naghavi, Seyed Hamid Reza ^a,c   Sanati, Kaveh A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood and body fluid exposure; Doctor; Needlestick; Splash

Indexed keywords

BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BODY FLUIDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61449171094     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn167     Document Type: Article

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