Glove usage and reporting of needlestick injuries by junior hospital medical staff

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 439-441

  Hettiaratchy, Shehan ^a,c   Hassall, Oliver ^b   Watson, Caroline ^a   Wallis, Daniel ^a   Williams, David ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glove usage; Needlestick injury; Occupational risk

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNULATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT CARE; PHLEBOTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL GLOVE; SUTURING METHOD; THORAX DRAINAGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LONDON; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 7844227328     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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