Chinks in the armor: Percutaneous injuries from hollow bore safety-engineered sharps devices

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 427-432

  Black, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Needlestick injury prevention; Passive sharps device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETER; DEVICE SAFETY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; NEEDLE; NURSE; PHLEBOTOMIST; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INJURY; SYRINGE; TUBE;

HUMANS; NEEDLES; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 84876913646     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.05.025     Document Type: Article

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