Organizational climate and its relationship with needlestick and sharps injuries among Japanese nurses

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 545-550

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Mihashi, Mutsuko ^b   Adachi, Yasuko ^b   Shouyama, Yukimi ^b   Mouri, Fusayo ^b   Ishibashi, Noriko ^b   Ishitake, Tatsuya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Needlestick and sharps injury; nurses; prevalence; risk; safety climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSING PRACTICE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SELF REPORT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 69049096004     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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