Investigation of a safety-engineered device to prevent needlestick injury: Why has not StatLock stuck?

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Griswold, Sharon ^a   Bonaroti, Alisha ^a   Rieder, Christopher J ^b   Erbayri, John ^a   Parsons, Jessica ^a   Nocera, Romy ^a   Hamilton, Richard ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY ENGINEERED DEVICE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84877759072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002327     Document Type: Article

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