Needlestick and sharps injuries among medical undergraduate students

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-239

  Lauer, Anna Christina ^a   Reddemann, Andreas ^a   Meier Wronski, Claus Peter ^a   Bias, Harald ^a   Gödecke, Karin ^b   Arendt, Michael ^b   Peters, Harm ^a   Gross, Manfred ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Unfallkasse Berlin ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross sectional surveys; Medical education; Prevention; Reporting rate; Safety instruments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEEDLESTICK AND SHARPS INJURY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHARPS DISPOSAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEIN PUNCTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEYS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVENTION; REPORTING RATE; SAFETY INSTRUMENTS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896702017     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.08.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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