Do active safety-needle devices cause spatter contamination?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 221-223

  Roff, M ^a   Basu, S ^b   Adisesh, A ^c  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood borne virus; Needlestick injury; Occupational health; Safety needles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CONTAMINATION; DEVICE SAFETY; NEEDLE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SAFETY NEEDLE; SYRINGE;

BLOOD-BORNE VIRUS; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY NEEDLES;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HUMANS; NEEDLES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84895888309     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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