Hospital safety climate, psychosocial risk factors and needlestick injuries in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-95

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Muto, Takashi ^b   Sairenchi, Toshimi ^b   Ishikawa, Yumiko ^b   Sayama, Shizue ^b   Yoshida, Atsushi ^b   Townley Jones, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Needlestick and sharps injuries; Nurse; Prevalence; Risk; Safety climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77249096892     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.85     Document Type: Article

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