A survey of the management of needlestick injuries from incapacitated patients in intensive care units

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 880-884

  Burrows, L A ^a   Padkin, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; ENGLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NORTHERN IRELAND; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS; WALES;

EID: 77956138759     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06372.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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