Organizational risk management and nurses' perceptions of workplace risk associated with sharps including needlestick injuries in nurses in New South Wales, Australia

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-254

  Kable, Ashley K ^a   Guest, Maya ^a   Mcleod, Mary ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b New South Wales Nurses' Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nurses; Risk management; Sharps related injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING STAFF; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80955178815     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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