Needlestick injuries, short peripheral catheters, and health care worker risks

Journal of Infusion Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 164-178

  Hadaway, Lynn ^a  

^a Lynn Hadaway Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DENGUE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSING PRACTICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROCONVERSION; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHUS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN PUNCTURE;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860010242     PISSN: 15331458     EISSN: 15390667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAN.0b013e31824d276d     Document Type: Review

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