Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among health care professionals in Bahir Dar Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-22

  Yenesew, Muluken Azage ^a   Fekadu, Gedefaw Abeje ^a  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

blood and body fluids; Ethiopia; health care professionals; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RANDOM SAMPLE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84898597500     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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