The epinet data of four Indian hospitals on incidence of exposure of healthcare workers to blood and body fluid: A multicentric prospective analysis

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 540-551

  Chakravarthy, Murali ^a   Singh, Sanjeev ^b,c   Arora, Anita ^c,d   Sengupta, Sharmila ^c,d   Munshi, Nita ^e  

^a Fortis Hospitals   (India)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Hospital Infection Control Committee   (India)

^d ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^e Ruby Hall Clinic ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Blood and body fluid exposure; healthcare workers; India; sharps injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BODY FLUIDS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951651959     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.75929     Document Type: Article

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