Prevalence of occupational accidents/injuries among health care workers in a federal medical centre in Southern Nigeria;Prevalence d'accidents/blessures au travail chez le personnel soignant dans un centre de santé fédéral au Sud du Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-51

  Isara, A R ^a   Ofili, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Accidents injuries; Federal medical centre; Health care workers; Needle sticks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NIGERIA; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CLASSIFICATION; MANAGEMENT; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; POLICY MAKING; PREVALENCE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84901447423     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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