Age and years in practice as factors associated with needlestick and sharps injuries among health care workers in a Portuguese hospital

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-15

  Martins, Artur ^a   Coelho, Ana C ^b   Vieira, Manuela ^a   Matos, Manuela ^b   Pinto, Maria L ^b  

^a Hospital Center of Tras os Montes and Alto Douro   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Needlestick sharps injuries; Portugal; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTION; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; INJURED WORKERS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; NEEDLESTICK/SHARPS INJURIES; ODDS RATIOS; PORTUGAL; POTENTIAL RISKS; RISK FACTORS;

DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIRUSES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856443282     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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