Costs of postexposure management of occupational sharps injuries in health care workers in the Republic of Korea

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-65

  Oh, Hyang Soon ^a   Yoon Chang, Sung Won ^b   Choi, Jeong Sil ^c   Park, Eun Suk ^d   Jin, Hye Young ^e  

^a Woosong University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Gachon University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Ajou University Medical CentSuwon   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood borne pathogen; Cost analysis; Health care worker; Needlestick injury; Occupational exposure; Sharp injury

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KOREA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84872018833     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.030     Document Type: Article

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