A prospective look at the burden of sharps injuries and splashes among trauma health care workers in developing countries: True picture or tip of iceberg

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1470-1478

  Rajkumari, Nonika ^a   Thanbuana, B T ^a   John, Nibu Varghese ^a   Gunjiyal, Jacinta ^a   Mathur, Purva ^a   Misra, Mahesh Chandra ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Blood borne viral infections; Health care workers; Injury rate; Needlestick injury; Post exposure prophylaxis; Splashes; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; INTENSIVIST; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MANDATORY REPORTING; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MANDATORY REPORTING; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PREVALENCE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 84905440441     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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