NIOSH Health and Safety Practices Survey of Healthcare Workers: Training and awareness of employer safety procedures

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 640-652

  Steege, Andrea L ^a   Boiano, James M ^a   Sweeney, Marie H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive testing; Employer safe handling procedures; Healthcare worker; Professional practice organization; Self report; Training; Web based survey

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; SMOKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY; SMOKE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY; SMOKE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899905619     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22305     Document Type: Article

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