The management of needlestick injuries;Management von Nadelstichverletzungen

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 61-67

  Himmelreich, Heiko ^a   Rabenau, Holger F ^a   Rindermann, Matthias ^a   Stephan, Christoph ^a   Bickel, Markus ^a   Marzi, Ingo ^a   Wicker, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; INFECTION CONTROL; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL STAFF; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIRUS DISEASES;

CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL STAFF; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84906329079     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2013.0061     Document Type: Article

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