Prevalence of injuries and reporting of accidents among health care workers at the University Hospital of the West Indies

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-143

  Vaz, Kurt ^a   McGrowder, Donovan ^a   Crawford, Tazhmoye ^a   Alexander Lindo, Ruby ^a   Irving, Rachael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Awareness; Health care workers; Knowledge; Needle stick injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; WEST INDIES;

EID: 77955235337     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-010-0016-5     Document Type: Article

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