Risk of coniunctival contamination from blood splashes during surgery at the kenyatta national hospital, nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 432-437

  Ogendo, S W O ^a,b   Awori, M N ^a   Omondi, M A ^b   Mulatya, E M ^b   Mugo, P W ^b  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CONJUNCTIVA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KENYA; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CONJUNCTIVA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; KENYA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 67649213998     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v85i9.9660     Document Type: Article

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