Comparison of visual versus microscopic methods to detect blood splatter from an intravascular catheter with engineered sharps injury protection

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1174-1180

  Ansari, Aiysha ^a   Ramaiah, Padmaja ^a,b   Collazo, Lillian ^a,b   Salihu, Hamisu M ^a   Haiduven, Donna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SPLATTER; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; CATHETER COMPLICATION; DEVICE SAFETY; EXAMINATION; FILTER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MEDICAL DEVICE; MICROSCOPY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; VEIN PUNCTURE; VISUAL INSPECTION;

BLOOD; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84885464417     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673462     Document Type: Article

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