Prevalence and factors associated with needle stick injuries among registered nurses in public sector tertiary care hospitals of Pakistan

International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-130

  Habib, Haris ^a   Khan, Ejaz Ahmed ^a   Aziz, Anwar ^b  

^a HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^b Principal State School of Nursing   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Needle stick injuries; Pakistan; Prevalence; Public sector hospitals; Registered nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79953895555     PISSN: 18404529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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