Scarcity of protective items against HIV and other bloodborne infections in 13 low- and middle-income countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1384-1390

  Gupta, Shailvi ^a,b,c   Wong, Evan G ^b,c,d   Kushner, Adam L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Surgeons OverSeas   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Operative utilisation; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EYE PROTECTION; GAMBIA; GHANA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIBERIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MONGOLIA; NIGERIA; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SOMALIA; SRI LANKA; STERILIZER; SURGICAL GLOVE; TANZANIA; ZAMBIA; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENERAL SURGERY; HIV INFECTIONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POVERTY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEPSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POVERTY; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SEPSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84907868254     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12371     Document Type: Article

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