Biological risk accidents among undergraduate healthcare students. Five years experience;Accidentes de riesgo biológico entre estudiantes de carreras de la salud. Cinco años de experiencia

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-39

  Fica C , Alberto ^a   Jemenao P , M Irene ^a   Ruiz R , Gloria ^a   Larrondo L , Milton ^a   Hurtado H , Carmen ^a   Muñoz G , Gabriela ^a   Sepulveda C , Cecilia ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Blood borne pathogens; Disease transmission; Education medical undergraduate; Midwifery; Needlestick injuries; Nursing; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; BODY FLUID; CHILE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BODY FLUIDS; CHILE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 77953032841     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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