Safety climate and use of personal protective equipment and safety medical devices among home care and hospice nurses

Industrial Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 492-497

  Leiss, Jack K ^a  

^a Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood exposure; Epidemiology; Home care; Needlestick and sharps injuries; Nurse; Risk; Safety climate; Survey

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VIRUS DISEASES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84919352563     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2014-0074     Document Type: Article

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