Audit of emergency department assessment and management of patients presenting with community-acquired needle stick injuries

Australian Health Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-62

  Celenza, Antonio ^a   D'Orsogna, Lloyd J ^b   Tosif, Shervin H ^a,c   Bateman, Samantha M ^a,c   O'Brien, Debra ^b   French, Martyn A ^b   Martinez, O Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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EID: 79952140038     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH09846     Document Type: Article

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