Devices for preventing percutaneous exposure injuries caused by needles in healthcare personnel

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Lavoie, Marie Claude ^a   Verbeek, Jos H ^b   Pahwa, Manisha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEVICE SAFETY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EQUIPMENT; INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84907402483     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009740.pub2     Document Type: Review

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