Prevalence and factors associated with percutaneous injuries and splash exposures among health-care workers in a provincial hospital, Kenya, 2010

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mbaisi, Everline Muhonja ^a   Ng'ang'a, Zipporah ^a   Wanzala, Peter ^b   Omolo, Jared ^a  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Blood; Blood borne pathogens; Body fluids; Health care; HIV; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MUCOSA; NURSE; OBSTETRICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCUTANEOUS INJURY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN INJURY; STAFF TRAINING; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DISEASES; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BODY FLUIDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VIRUS DISEASES; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874440273     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.10.1373     Document Type: Article

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