Costs associated with sharps injuries in the Swedish health care setting and potential cost savings from needle-stick prevention devices with needle and syringe

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 296-302

  Glenngård, Anna H ^a   Persson, Ulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SYRINGE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEEDLES; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; SYRINGES;

EID: 66849093100     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540902780232     Document Type: Article

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