Scarcity of healthcare worker protection in eight low- and middle-income countries: Surgery and the risk of HIV and other bloodborne pathogens

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-401

  Leow, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Groen, Reinou S ^a   Bae, Jin Yung ^a,c   Adisa, Charles A ^a,d   Kingham, T Peter ^a,e   Kushner, Adam L ^a,f  

^a Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodborne diseases; Chirurgie; Cirug a; Enfermedades transmitidas por sangre; HIV AIDS; Maladies transmissibles par le sang; Occupational health; Salud ocupacional; Sant du travail; Surgery; VIH SIDA

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; EYE PROTECTION; GAMBIA; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIBERIA; MONGOLIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUMP; SIERRA LEONE; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SRI LANKA; SURGICAL RISK;

AFRICA; ASIA; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; GENERAL SURGERY; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MELANESIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

MONGOLIA; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84857373162     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02909.x     Document Type: Article

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