Sharps injuries and exposure to blood and bloodstained body fluids involving medical waste handlers

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1299-1305

  Shiferaw, Yitayal ^a,b   Abebe, Tamrat ^b   Mihret, Adane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

blood and body fluids exposures; Ethiopia; medical waste handlers; Medical wastes; sharps

Indexed keywords

ADULT POPULATIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTHCARE WASTES; HEPATITIS B; HIGH COSTS; MEDICAL WASTES; MUCOUS MEMBRANES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE; SHARPS; VIRAL HEPATITIS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; IMMUNIZATION; VACCINES;

BLOOD;

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

BLOOD; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEPATITIS; IMMUNIZATION; INJURY; MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TRANSPORT; WELFARE IMPACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTAINED BODY FLUID; BODY FLUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHARP INJURY; SHOE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BODY FLUIDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADDIS ABABA; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84870506899     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X12459550     Document Type: Article

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