Needlestick injuries among health care workers of University of Alexandria hospitals;Blessures par piqûre d'aiguille chez les agents de soins de santé des hôpitaux universitaires d'Alexandrie

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-35

  Hanafi, M I ^a   Mohamed, A M ^a   Kassem, M S ^a   Shawki, M ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 78751557426     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.1.26     Document Type: Article

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