Standard precautions: Occupational exposure and behavior of health care workers in Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Reda, Ayalu A ^a   Fisseha, Shiferaw ^b   Mengistie, Bezatu ^a   Vandeweerd, Jean Michel ^c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Environmental Health Section   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 78650819596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014420     Document Type: Article

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