Sharps injury reporting amongst surgeons

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 430-432

  Kerr, Hui Ling ^a   Stewart, Nicola ^b   Pace, Alistair ^c   Elsayed, Sherief ^c  

^a KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Reporting; Sharps injury; Surgeon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GENERAL SURGERY; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70149091345     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X432194     Document Type: Article

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