Epidemiology of exposure to HIV/AIDS risky conditions in healthcare settings: The case of health facilities in Gondar City, North West Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Beyera, Getahun Kebede ^a   Beyen, Teresa Kisi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Healthcare settings; Healthcare workers; HIV AIDS; Risky conditions

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924335776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1283     Document Type: Article

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