Sharps injuries in the operating room

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 348-353

  Lakbala, Parvin ^a   Sobhani, Ghasem ^a   Lakbala, Mahboobeh ^b   Inaloo, Kavoos Dindarloo ^a   Mahmoodi, Hamid ^a  

^a HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood borne infection; Healthcare personnel; Needlestick injuries; Occupational exposure; Safety device

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; RISK REDUCTION; STAFF TRAINING; SURGEON; VACCINATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OPERATING ROOMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919489939     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-014-0401-y     Document Type: Article

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