Frequency and barriers of underreported needlestick injuries amongst Iranian nurses, a questionnaire survey

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 488-493

  Azadi, Arman ^a   Anoosheh, Monireh ^b   Delpisheh, Ali ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Needlestick injuries; Nursing; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78651254177     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03252.x     Document Type: Article

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