Needlestick and Sharp Object Injuries Among Health Care Workers in Hamadan Province, Iran

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-175

  Ghannad, Masoud Sabouri ^a   Majzoobi, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Ghavimi, Marjan ^a   Mirzaei, Mohammad ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Body fluids; Needlestick; Serologic test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857915058     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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