Occupational exposure to blood and other bodily fluids at a military hospital in Iraq

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Murray, Clinton K ^a   Johnson, Erica N ^a   Conger, Nicholas G ^b   Marconi, Vincent C ^a  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combat hospital; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; HIV; Iraq; Mucosal exposure; Needlestick; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INCIDENCE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; WAR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 68049093091     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31819cdfc8     Document Type: Article

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