Management Practices and Risk of Occupational Blood Exposure in U.S. Paramedics: Non-Intact Skin Exposure

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 884-890

  Leiss, Jack K ^a  

^a Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood Exposure; Occupational Exposure; Paramedic; Prehospital; Risk; Safety; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN PROTECTION; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449927309     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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