Impact of infection control educational activities on rates and frequencies of percutaneous injuries (PIs) at a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 297-303

  El Beltagy, Kamel ^a,b   El Saed, Aiman ^a   Sallah, Mahmoud ^a,c   Balkhy, Hanan H ^a,d,e  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Education; Percutaneous injuries; Riyadh; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST; NEEDLE; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS INJURY; PHLEBOTOMIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; STAFF TRAINING; SUTURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84866850186     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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