Contribution of a winged phlebotomy device design to blood splatter

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1069-1076

  Haiduven, Donna J ^a,b   McGuire Wolfe, Christine ^a,b   Applegarth, Shawn P ^a  

^a Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE PROTECTION; FILTER; INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LABORATORY; NEEDLE; PHLEBOTOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL GLOVE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

BLOOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHLEBOTOMY; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84867448656     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668030     Document Type: Article

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