Healthcare workers' compliance with universal precautions in Turkey

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1079-1082

  Hosoglu, Salih ^a   Akalin, Serife ^b   Sunbul, Mustafa ^c   Otkun, Metin ^d   Ozturk, Recep ^e  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Ondokuzmayis University Hospital   (Turkey)

^d TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSAL PRECAUTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 80755153629     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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