Benchmarking of percutaneous injuries at a teaching tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia relative to United States hospitals participating in the Exposure Prevention Information Network

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 560-565

  Balkhy, Hanan H ^a,b   El Beltagy, Kamel E ^a   El Saed, Aiman ^a,b   Sallah, Mahmoud ^a   Jagger, Janine ^c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; EPINet; needlestick injuries; Percutaneous injuries; Saudi Arabia; sharps injuries; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPOSURE PREVENTION INFORMATION NETWORK; HAND; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEEDLE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCUTANEOUS INJURY; PHLEBOTOMIST; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RECOVERY ROOM; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; SAUDI ARABIA; SUTURING METHOD; SYRINGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WARD;

BENCHMARKING; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052030900     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

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