Management of blood and body fluid exposures in police service staff

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 540-545

  Dunleavy, K ^a   Taylor, A ^a   Gow, J ^a   Cullen, B ^b   Roy, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood; Blood borne virus; Body fluids; HBV; HCV; HIV; Occupational exposure; Occupational health; Police

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; BODY FLUID; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NOMENCLATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICE; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; BITES, HUMAN; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLICE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957260374     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq111     Document Type: Article

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