Sharps injuries amongst healthcare workers: Review of incidence, transmissions and costs

Journal of Renal Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 150-156

  Elseviers, Monique M ^a   Arias Guillén, Marta ^b   Gorke, Alois ^c   Arens, Hans Jürgen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c Klinikum Garmisch Partenkirchen   (Germany)

^d FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haemodialysis; Infection; Nursing

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; INCIDENCE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES;

EID: 84906238127     PISSN: 17556678     EISSN: 17556686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jorc.12050     Document Type: Review

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