Effectiveness of safety-engineered devices in reducing sharp object injuries

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-44

  Lu, Y ^a   Senthilselvan, A ^a   Joffe, A M ^a   Beach, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hospital staff; needlestick injuries; occupational health law; safety engineered devices

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALBERTA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84922445957     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqu152     Document Type: Article

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